samba
See also: Samba
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese samba.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑmbə/
Noun
samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)
- 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.
Derived terms
- samba whistle
Translations
Brazilian ballroom dance
Czech
Etymology
From Portuguese samba.
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese samba.
Declension
| Inflection of samba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | samba | sambat | |
| genitive | samban | sambojen | |
| partitive | sambaa | samboja | |
| illative | sambaan | samboihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | samba | sambat | |
| accusative | nom. | samba | sambat |
| gen. | samban | ||
| genitive | samban | sambojen sambainrare | |
| partitive | sambaa | samboja | |
| inessive | sambassa | samboissa | |
| elative | sambasta | samboista | |
| illative | sambaan | samboihin | |
| adessive | samballa | samboilla | |
| ablative | sambalta | samboilta | |
| allative | samballe | samboille | |
| essive | sambana | samboina | |
| translative | sambaksi | samboiksi | |
| instructive | — | samboin | |
| abessive | sambatta | samboitta | |
| comitative | — | samboineen | |
French
Etymology
From Portuguese samba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.ba/
Further reading
- “samba” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
Swedish
Etymology
From Portuguese samba.
Tagalog
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