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Samba
samba
samba
See also: Samba
English
Noun
samba (plural sambas)
- A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
- A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
Translations
Brazilian ballroom dance
Verb
samba (third-person singular simple present sambas, present participle sambaing, simple past and past participle sambaed)
- To dance the samba.
Finnish
Noun
samba
Declension
| Inflection of samba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | samba | sambat | |
| genitive | samban | sambojen | |
| partitive | sambaa | samboja | |
| illative | sambaan | samboihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | samba | sambat | |
| accusative | nom. | samba | sambat |
| gen. | samban | ||
| genitive | samban | sambojen sambainrare |
|
| partitive | sambaa | samboja | |
| inessive | sambassa | samboissa | |
| elative | sambasta | samboista | |
| illative | sambaan | samboihin | |
| adessive | samballa | samboilla | |
| ablative | sambalta | samboilta | |
| allative | samballe | samboille | |
| essive | sambana | samboina | |
| translative | sambaksi | samboiksi | |
| instructive | — | samboin | |
| abessive | sambatta | samboitta | |
| comitative | — | samboineen | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): sɑ̃.ba
Etymology
From Portuguese
Noun
samba m (plural sambas)
- samba (dance)
Portuguese
Noun
samba m (plural sambas)
- samba (Brazilian genre of music and dance)
Verb
samba
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sambar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sambar