samba.
A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.
To dance the samba.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.