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mambo
English
Etymology
From Haitian Creole mambo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).
Pronunciation
- (North America) enPR: ?mäm-b?, IPA(key): /?m?mbo?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæmb??/
Noun
mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes)
- A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter.
- 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 219:
- The manbo showed her how to take small handfuls of liquid and spread it on her skin always moving in the upward direction.
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]
Alternative forms
- (voodoo priestess) manbo
Derived terms
- horizontal mambo
Translations
Verb
mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)
- (intransitive) To perform this dance.
Translations
See also
- Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bammo
Czech
Noun
mambo n
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- mambo in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
French
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??.bo/
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- “mambo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (invariable)
- mambo (dance and music)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Kimbundu mambu.
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- (Angola, colloquial) thing
- Synonym: coisa
Etymology 2
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Spanish
Etymology
From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole [Term?], ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”).
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mambo
- plural of jambo
Interjection
mambo
- (colloquial) how are you?
Swedish
Etymology 1
Probably from Haitian Creole mambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mamb?/
- Rhymes: -amb?
Noun
mambo c
- (dance) mambo; a type of Latin American dance
Declension
Etymology 2
Blend of mamma (“mum”) +? sambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (sometimes proscribed) /?mamb?/, /²mam?bu?/
Noun
mambo c
- (somewhat humorous) a person who still lives with their parents
Usage notes
- For notes on the pronunciation, see the usage notes under the entry sambo.
Declension
Related terms
- sambo
- särbo
References
- mambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mambo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- bomma
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