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💃 A dance workout 🏢 A fitness brand 💃 To do dance exercise
Zumba

Zumba

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The company that makes and sells a dance fitness program and products
  • proper noun
  • /ˈzuːmbə/
: Zumba
  • Concord Dance Academy hosts a Zumba class at 5:30 p.m.
  • Zumba class
  • Zumba Fitness
  • Zumba instructor

Examples

  • Can you teach my Zumba class for me tonight?

    Simchas and Sorrows (2022)

  • I was teaching a Zumba class.

    Simchas and Sorrows (2022)

  • Anyway, I went to a Zumba class because I like to dance and I get easily tired.

    Blog text (4)

  • I take a weekly Zumba class.

    Superfast! (2015)

  • I tried every kind of exercise, but the one that I liked most was Zumba.

    Blog text (2)

  • I'm really late for my Zumba class.

    Max Steel (2016)

  • I just became licensed last weekend to teach Zumba, and will start teaching on 11/28.

    Blog text (14)

  • Anyhow, I still love Zumba and admire you like you wouldn't believe!

    Blog text (22)

  • My friends and I signed up for a Zumba class at the community center.

  • She loves attending her weekly Zumba class to dance and stay fit.

Surface Forms

Zumba main

Etymology

Zumba is the name of the company that created and sells the dance fitness program. A helpful way to remember it is that the name sounds like rumba and zumbar ('to buzz'), so the company name suggests fun, fast movement and lively music.