mambo

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • (North America) enPR: ʹmäm-bō, IPA: /ˈmɑmboʊ/, SAMPA: /"mAmboU/
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈmæmboʊ/, SAMPA: /"m{mboU/

[edit] Etymology

Cuban Spanish, from Kongo mambo (“conversation with the Gods”).

[edit] Noun

mambo (plural mambos)

  1. A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba in the 1940s.
  2. A fast-paced Latin American dance inspired by mambo music.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

Latin American music genre
Latin American dance

[edit] Verb

mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)

  1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

[edit] Translations

to dance

[edit] See also

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

[edit] Noun

mambo m. (plural mambos)

  1. mambo (music)
  2. mambo (dance)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

mambo m. inv.

  1. mambo (dance and music)

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

[edit] Noun

mambo m. (plural mambos)

  1. mambo (music)
  2. mambo (dance)

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

[edit] Noun

mambo m. (plural mambos)

  1. mambo (music)
  2. mambo (dance)
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