mambo

ˈmɑːmboʊ

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Definition of mambo - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

musicLatin-American music genre from Cuba

The band played a lively mambo.

rumba

salsa

cultureLatin dance done to lively Afro-Cuban music in social settings

They learned the mambo at the dance class.

rumba

salsa

religion

TECH.

voodoo priestess in Haitian culture

TECH.

The mambo led the ceremony with grace.

priestess

Verb

intr.

movementdance with quick steps to lively Cuban dance music

They mamboed all night at the club..

boogie

sway

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Origin of mambo

Latin, mambo (a type of dance)

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mamboing

activity

act of performing the mambo dance

mamboing

adj.

dance

energetic and rhythmic like mambo dance

Examples of mambo in a sentence

Mambo rhythms filled the air.
The mambo was the highlight of the evening performance.
She watched a documentary about the history of the mambo.
The mambo chanted ancient hymns.
Villagers sought the mambo's advice for healing.
Couples mamboed gracefully across the dance floor.

We learned how to mambo at the dance class.

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French:mambo, danser le mambo, ...
German:Mambo, Mambo tanzen, ...
Italian:mambo, ballare il mambo, ...
Spanish:mambo, mambear, ...
Portuguese:mambo, bailar mambo, ...
Chinese:曼波, 跳曼波舞, ...
Japanese:マンボ, マンボを踊る, ...
Arabic:مَامْبُو, رَقَصَ المامبو, ...
Hebrew:מַמְבּוֹ, לִרְקוֹד מַמְבּוֹ, ...
Russian:мамбо, танцевать мамбо, ...
Ukrainian:мамбо, танцювати мамбо, ...
Hindi:मंबो, माम्बो करना, ...
Bengali:মাম্বো, মাম্বো নাচা, ...
Catalan:mambo, ballar mambo, ...
Czech:mambo, tančit mambo, ...
Danish:mambo, danse mambo, ...
Dutch:mambo, mambo dansen, ...
Greek:μάμπο, χορεύω μάμπο, ...
Hungarian:mambo, mambózni, ...
Khmer:តន្ត្រីម៉ាំបូ, រាំម៉ាំបូ, ...
Korean:맘보, 맘보 춤을 추다, ...
Persian:مامبو, مامبو رقصیدن, ...
Polish:mambo, tańczyć mambo, ...
Portuguese (BR):mambo, bailar mambo, ...
Romanian:mambo, a dansa mambo, ...
Swedish:mambo, dansa mambo, ...
Thai:แมมโบ, เต้นแมมโบ้, ...
Turkish:mambo, mambo yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:mambo, nhảy mambo, ...

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