samba
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sam·ba /ˈsæmbə/ noun [countable, uncountable] APDAPMa fast dance from Brazil, or the type of music played for this dance 〔巴西的〕桑巴舞；桑巴舞曲
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samba• Music welled in the bar, a samba with many guitars.• Neguinho, the Beija-Flor samba school singer, had arrived to thank the Flamengo players for their support.• They are grouped around radios, singing samba songs.• Blood and Uzis more than samba and sequins are their trademark today.• This traditionally financed the samba schools, which spend six months preparing for carnival.Origin samba (1800-1900) Portuguesesam·ba nounChineseSyllable
from fast or of a dance Brazil, type Corpus the
samba
sam‧ba /ˈsæmbə/
noun [uncountable and countable]
sam‧ba /ˈsæmbə/
noun [uncountable and countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Portuguese
a fast dance from Brazil, or the type of music played for this dance
Language: Portuguese