samba

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmbə/
• Rhymes: -ɑmbə

Noun

samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)

1. (dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
2. (music) A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.

Derived terms

• samba whistle

Translations

Verb

samba (third-person singular simple present sambas, present participle sambaing, simple past and past participle sambaed)

1. To dance the samba.

Further reading

• samba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ambas, bamas

Aklanon

Etymology

Akin to Malay sembah and Tagalog simba.

Verb

samba

1. to worship

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samˈba/ [samˈba]
• Hyphenation: sam‧ba

Noun

sambá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. worship

Derived terms

Related terms

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Noun

samba f

1. samba (dance)

Declension

Further reading

• “samba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “samba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Noun

samba

1. genitive singular of sammas

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmbɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): sam‧ba

Noun

samba

1. samba

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “samba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ba/

Noun

samba m (plural sambas)

1. samba (dance)

Further reading

• “samba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

Noun

samba m or f (plural sambas)

1. samba

Further reading

• “samba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “samba” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsam.ba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Hyphenation: sàm‧ba

Noun

samba f (plural sambe)

1. samba (dance)

Further reading

• samba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton), from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), borrowed from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא. Cognates include Greek Σάββατο (Sávvato).

Noun

samba n

1. Saturday

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsam.ba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: sam‧ba

Noun

samba f

1. samba

Declension

Further reading

• samba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• samba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
• Hyphenation: sam‧ba

Etymology 1

Probably of Bantu origin, possibly Kongo semba (“belly-bump”), name of a dance. More at Samba.

Noun

samba m (plural sambas)

1. samba (Brazilian genre of music and dance)

Etymology 2

Verb

samba

1. inflection of sambar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• “samba”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sà.ᵐbà(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: sam‧ba

Noun

samba (stem -samba-)

1. trout

Inflection

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 64

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamba/ [ˈsãm.ba]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: sam‧ba

Noun

samba f (plural sambas)

1. samba

Further reading

• “samba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

Noun

samba c

1. samba

Declension

References

• samba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• samba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• samba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah), from Old Javanese sĕmbah, possibly from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ; whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh). Doublet of simba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈba/ [sɐmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sam‧ba

Noun

sambá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. worship; adoration

   Synonym: pagsamba

2. spiritual belief

   Synonyms: sampalataya, pananampalataya, pagsasampalataya

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English samba, from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsamba/ [ˈsam.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: sam‧ba

Noun

samba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. samba (music and dance)

References

Further reading

• “samba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French samba or from Brazilian Portuguese samba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsam.ba/
• Hyphenation: sam‧ba

Noun

samba (definite accusative sambayı, plural sambalar)

1. samba

Further reading

• “samba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “samba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük