samba
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- noun
- /ˈsæmbə/
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samba
- Samba-reggae nominally blends elements of traditional Brazilian samba rhythmic inflections and more robust Jamaican reggae beat measures.
- Brazilian samba
- a samba school
- samba at Carnival
And here in Ierto play that, that stuff and the Brazilian stuff on a set of drums, the samba.
- And here in Ierto play that, that stuff and the Brazilian stuff on a set of drums, the samba.
Examples
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The Caboclos of Cachoeira share much of their repertoire with the local samba-de-roda bands.
Academic text (2003) -
The parade is the performance of Santa Rita's two blocos or neighborhood samba clubs.
Academic text (1991) -
We'll just have to dance the samba at the hotel until we pay the rest off.
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The beat of a samba freely flows into the lambada.
Fiction book (1994) -
New songs may enter the Caboclo repertoire through these samba musicians.
Academic text (2003) -
Paulinho da Viola works in the tradition of the classical samba composers.
Academic text (1999) -
Orfeu is a trolley-car conductor, singer-songwriter, and leader of a small samba school in a favela overlooking the city.
Academic text (1998) -
The vibrant samba filled the streets of Rio during the Carnival celebrations.
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At the festival, everyone joined in to dance the samba to the lively music.
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I enjoyed watching the dancers performing the samba, their movements were full of energy.
How Lively
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Samba comes from a West African Bantu word semba meaning 'a touch' or an 'invitation to dance' that came to Brazil with African people. That's why samba is the name of the lively Brazilian dance and the music that goes with it.