samba

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.

noun

  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.

verb

  1. To dance the samba.

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