different between rumbo vs rumba

English

Etymology

Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mb??

Noun

rumbo (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic) A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.2:

     Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […] .

Anagrams

• Borum, Mbour, Umbro-

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rhombus (“rhombus”), based on the use of a rhombus to indicate directions on a map; it forms a doublet with rombo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rumbo/, [?r?m.bo]

Noun

rumbo m (plural rumbos)

1. course

   Synonyms: recorrido, ruta

2. heading, bearing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Noun

rumba (plural rumbas)

1. A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

Translations

Verb

rumba (third-person singular simple present rumbas, present participle rumbaing, simple past and past participle rumbaed)

1. to dance the rumba

Translations

Anagrams

• Burma, umbra

Czech

Noun

rumba f

1. rumba

Further reading

• rumba in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• rumba in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rum.ba?/
• Hyphenation: rum?ba

Noun

rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)

1. rumba

Finnish

Noun

rumba

1. rumba (dance)
2. (figuratively) fuss

Declension

Anagrams

• Burma, burma, umbra

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from rumbo (“route”)

Noun

rumba f (plural rumbas)

1. rumba (dance)

Further reading

• “rumba” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bruma

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rumb?]
• Hyphenation: rum?ba
• Rhymes: -b?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Noun

rumba (plural rumbák)

1. rumba (dance)

Declension

Etymology 2

rum +? -ba

Noun

rumba

1. illative singular of rum

References

Irish

Etymology

From English rumba, from Cuban Spanish.

Noun

rumba m (genitive singular rumba, nominative plural rumbaí)

1. rumba

Declension

Further reading

• "rumba" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “rumba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rumba” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Noun

rumba f (plural rumbe)

1. rumba

Anagrams

• bruma, umbra

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rum.ba/

Noun

rumba f

1. rumba

Declension

Further reading

• rumba in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rumba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Cuban Spanish, From rumbo (“spree, party”), meaning evolved from "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo (“rhombus”), referencing the compass, which is marked by a rhombus. See rhombus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rumba/, [?r?m.ba]

Noun

rumba f (plural rumbas)

1. (Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia) party
2. rumba (Cuban dance)

Derived terms

• rumbear

Descendants

• ? English: rumba
• ? German: Rumba

Further reading

• “rumba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Noun

rumba

1. rumba