mambo

See also Mambo

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

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.

Derived terms

• horizontal mambo

Translations

Latin American music genre

• Arabic: مامبو (ar) (mambu) m
• Armenian: մամբո (hy) (mambo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曼波 (cmn) (mànbō)

• French: mambo (fr) m
• German: Mambo (de) m
• Greek: μάμπο (el) (mampo) n
• Hindi: मम्बो (hi) (mambō), मैम्बो (hi) (maimbō)
• Italian: mambo (it) m

• Japanese: マンボ (ja) (manbo)
• Korean: 맘보 (ko) (mambo)
• Marathi: माम्बो (mr) (māmbo) n
• Portuguese: mambo (pt) m
• Russian: мамбо (ru) (mámbo) n
• Spanish: mambo (es) m
• Swedish: mambo (sv) c
• Thai: แมมโบ (th) (maem-boh)
• Urdu: میمبو (ur) (maimbo)

Latin American dance

• Arabic: مامبو (ar) (mambu) m
• Armenian: մամբո (hy) (mambo)
• Catalan: mambo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曼波 (cmn) (mànbō)

• French: mambo (fr) m
• Galician: mambo (gl) m
• German: Mambo (de) m
• Greek: μάμπο (el) (mampo) n
• Hungarian: mambó (hu)

• Italian: mambo (it) m
• Japanese: マンボ (ja) (manbo)
• Korean: 맘보 (ko) (mambo)
• Marathi: माम्बो (mr) (māmbo) m
• Portuguese: mambo (pt) m
• Russian: мамбо (ru) (mámbo) n
• Spanish: mambo (es) m
• Swedish: mambo (sv) c
• Thai: แมมโบ (th) (maem-boh)
• Urdu: میمبو (ur) (maimbo)

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

Translations

to dance

See also

• Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mambo (music)
• Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mambo (dance)

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French

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

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

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Italian

Noun

mambo m (invariable)

1. mambo (dance and music)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

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

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Swedish

Etymology

Formed in parallel with sambo together with mamma ("mum").

Noun

mambo c

1. (somewhat humorous) Person who still lives with mum and dad

Declension

Declension of mambo

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mambo	mambon	mambor	mamborna
genitive	mambos	mambons	mambors	mambornas

Related terms

• sambo
• särbo