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mambo

Pronunciation: /ˈmambəʊ/

Definition of mambo

noun (plural mambos)

  • 1a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba.
  • 2a voodoo priestess.

verb (mamboes, mamboing, mamboed)

[no object]
  • dance the mambo: the floor throbbed as the mass of dancers mamboed seriously

Origin:

1940s: from American Spanish, probably from Haitian Creole, from Yoruba, literally 'to talk'

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