samba

See also: Samba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Noun

samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)

  1. A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
  2. A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.

Derived terms

  • samba whistle

Translations

Verb

samba (third-person singular simple present sambas, present participle sambaing, simple past and past participle sambaed)

  1. To dance the samba.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

samba f

  1. samba (dance)

Further reading

  • samba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • samba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

samba

  1. samba

Declension

Inflection of samba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative samba sambat
genitive samban sambojen
partitive sambaa samboja
illative sambaan samboihin
singular plural
nominative samba sambat
accusative nom. samba sambat
gen. samban
genitive samban sambojen
sambainrare
partitive sambaa samboja
inessive sambassa samboissa
elative sambasta samboista
illative sambaan samboihin
adessive samballa samboilla
ablative sambalta samboilta
allative samballe samboille
essive sambana samboina
translative sambaksi samboiksi
instructive — samboin
abessive sambatta samboitta
comitative — samboineen

French

Etymology

From Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): sɑ̃.ba

Noun

samba m (plural sambas)

  1. samba (dance)

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

From Portuguese samba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsam.ba/

Noun

samba f

  1. samba

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

samba m (plural sambas)

  1. samba (Brazilian genre of music and dance)

Verb

samba

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sambar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sambar

Spanish

Noun

samba f (plural sambas)

  1. samba

Swedish

Noun

samba c

  1. samba

Declension

Declension of samba 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative samba samban sambor samborna
Genitive sambas sambans sambors sambornas

Tagalog

Verb

samba

  1. worship
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