samba
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samba¹
- /ˈsɑmbə/ US
Rhymes with -ɑmbə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, possibly borrowed from Kongo semba. Doublet of semba.
noun sambas
- A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
- A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade. And when the samba played, the sun would set so high / Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby
verb sambas · sambaing · sambaed
- To dance the samba. In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.
Samba²
proper noun
- A town and district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: obeche, arere, obechi, triplochiton scleroxcylon, assistant, men, pillar, baiao, bossa nova, botafogo, sambadrome, batucada, sambist, mambo, sokkie, salsa
Translations
Talk about this word "samba." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/samba. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. samba. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/samba "samba." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/samba.Cite this
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title = {samba},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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