samba

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

To dance the samba.

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese samba, from a language. semba.

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