samba
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#SAMBACategory:English terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#SAMBA samba, from a BantuCategory:English terms derived from Bantu languages#SAMBA language. Doublet of sembaCategory:English doublets#SAMBA.
Pronunciation
Noun
samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)Category:English lemmas#SAMBACategory:English nouns#SAMBACategory:English uncountable nouns#SAMBACategory:English countable nouns#SAMBACategory:English countable nouns#SAMBACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- (danceCategory:en:Dance#SAMBA) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
- (musicCategory:en:Musical genres#SAMBA) A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
- 1986, “La Isla Bonita”, in True Blue, performed by Madonna:
- And when the samba played, the sun would set so high / Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullabyCategory:English terms with quotations#SAMBA
- 2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 September 2020:
- They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”Category:English terms with quotations#SAMBA
- 2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 February 2022:
- Slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888; until then, Bahia had been a major hub of the country’s slave trade. Samba started there for a reason—a fact that Veloso has returned to, obsessively, throughout his career. […] “A samba parade had turned into a brawl,” a reviewer wrote in the Times, adding that the music “suggested a more cool-headed, grown-up epilogue to the shocks of Tropicália.”Category:English terms with quotations#SAMBA
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
samba (third-person singular simple present sambas, present participle sambaing, simple past and past participle sambaed)Category:English lemmas#SAMBACategory:English verbs#SAMBACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SAMBA) To dance the samba.
- 2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 February 2022:
- In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.Category:English terms with quotations#SAMBA
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Category:en:Dances#SAMBACategory:en:Brazil#SAMBAAklanon
Etymology
Verb
sambaCategory:Aklanon lemmas#SAMBACategory:Aklanon verbs#SAMBACategory:Aklanon entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- to worship
Central Bikol
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /samˈba/ [samˈba]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Hyphenation: sam‧ba
Noun
sambá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#SAMBACategory:Central Bikol nouns#SAMBACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#SAMBACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#SAMBACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Derived terms
Related terms
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:Czech terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Czech terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Noun
samba fCategory:Czech lemmas#SAMBACategory:Czech nouns#SAMBACategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Czech feminine nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- samba (dance)
Declension
Further reading
- “samba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “samba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian
Noun
sambaCategory:Estonian non-lemma forms#SAMBACategory:Estonian noun forms#SAMBACategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Finnish
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Finnish terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑmbɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#SAMBACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Rhymes: -ɑmbɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmbɑ#SAMBACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmbɑ/2 syllables#SAMBA
- Syllabification(key): sam‧ba
- Hyphenation(key): sam‧ba
Noun
sambaCategory:Finnish lemmas#SAMBACategory:Finnish nouns#SAMBACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#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 sambain rare | |
| 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 | |
| abessive | sambatta | samboitta | |
| instructive | — | samboin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “samba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
French
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:French terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:French terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Pronunciation
Noun
samba m (plural sambas)Category:French lemmas#SAMBACategory:French nouns#SAMBACategory:French countable nouns#SAMBACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:French masculine nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- samba (dance)
Further reading
- “samba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Galician
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Galician terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Noun
samba m or f (plural sambas)Category:Galician lemmas#SAMBACategory:Galician nouns#SAMBACategory:Galician countable nouns#SAMBACategory:Galician nouns with irregular gender#SAMBACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Galician masculine nouns#SAMBACategory:Galician feminine nouns#SAMBACategory:Galician nouns with multiple genders#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Further reading
- “samba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “samba”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Italian terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba m.
Pronunciation
Noun
samba f or (careful style) m (plural sambe f or (careful style) samba m[1])Category:Italian lemmas#SAMBACategory:Italian nouns#SAMBACategory:Italian countable nouns#SAMBACategory:Italian nouns with multiple plurals#SAMBACategory:Italian nouns with irregular gender#SAMBACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Italian feminine nouns#SAMBACategory:Italian masculine nouns#SAMBACategory:Italian nouns with multiple genders#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA (musicCategory:it:Music#SAMBA, danceCategory:it:Dance#SAMBA)
References
- 1 2 samba in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
- samba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Italiot Greek
| Previous: | prassaì |
|---|---|
| Next: | ciuriacì |
Etymology
From Byzantine GreekCategory:Italiot Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek#SAMBACategory:Italiot Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek#SAMBA *σάμβατον (*sámbaton), from Ancient GreekCategory:Italiot Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#SAMBACategory:Italiot Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#SAMBA σάββατον (sábbaton), borrowed from AramaicCategory:Italiot Greek terms derived from Aramaic#SAMBA שַׁבְּתָא. Cognates include Greek Σάββατο (Sávvato).
Noun
samba nCategory:Italiot Greek lemmas#SAMBACategory:Italiot Greek nouns#SAMBACategory:Italiot Greek entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Italiot Greek neuter nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Category:grk-ita:Days of the week#SAMBAPolish
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Polish terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Pronunciation
Noun
samba fCategory:Polish lemmas#SAMBACategory:Polish nouns#SAMBACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Polish feminine nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sambaCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBA | sambyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| genitive | sambyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| dative | sambieCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambomCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| accusative | sambęCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| instrumental | sambąCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambamiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| locative | sambieCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambachCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
| vocative | samboCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA | sambyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#SAMBACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#SAMBACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#SAMBA |
Further reading
- samba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- samba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#SAMBAAudio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃bɐ#SAMBACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃bɐ/2 syllables#SAMBA
- Hyphenation: sam‧ba
Etymology 1
Probably of BantuCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Bantu languages#SAMBACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Bantu languages#SAMBA origin, possibly KongoCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Kongo#SAMBA semba (“belly-bump”), the name of a dance; if so, a doublet of sembaCategory:Portuguese doublets#SAMBA. More at Samba.
Noun
samba m (plural sambas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#SAMBACategory:Portuguese nouns#SAMBACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#SAMBACategory:Portuguese nouns with irregular gender#SAMBACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- samba (Brazilian genre of music and dance)
- 1963, “Mas Que Nada”, in Samba Esquema Novo, performed by Jorge Ben:
- Eu quero passar / Pois o samba está animado / O que eu quero é sambar.Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#SAMBACategory:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#SAMBA
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sambaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#SAMBACategory:Portuguese verb forms#SAMBACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- inflection of sambar:
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Samba”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- “samba”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “samba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “samba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
South Slavey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sà.ᵐbà(ʔ)]Category:South Slavey terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Hyphenation: sam‧ba
Noun
samba (stem -samba-)Category:South Slavey lemmas#SAMBACategory:South Slavey nouns#SAMBACategory:South Slavey entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sesamba | naxesamba | |
| 2nd person | nesamba | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gisamba |
| 2) | mesamba | gosamba | |
| 4th person | yesamba | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedesamba | kedesamba |
| unsp. | desamba | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełesamba | |
| indefinite | ɂesamba | ||
| areal | gosamba | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.
References
- Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 64
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Spanish terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsamba/ [ˈsãm.ba]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#SAMBACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Rhymes: -ambaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amba#SAMBACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amba/2 syllables#SAMBA
- Syllabification: sam‧ba
Noun
samba f (plural sambas)Category:Spanish lemmas#SAMBACategory:Spanish nouns#SAMBACategory:Spanish countable nouns#SAMBACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Further reading
- “samba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Swedish terms derived from Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Noun
samba cCategory:Swedish lemmas#SAMBACategory:Swedish nouns#SAMBACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | samba | sambas |
| definite | samban | sambans | |
| plural | indefinite | sambor | sambors |
| definite | samborna | sambornas |
References
- “samba”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “samba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “samba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from MalayCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Malay#SAMBA sembah, possibly from JavaneseCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Javanese#SAMBA ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah),[1] from Old JavaneseCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Old Javanese#SAMBA sĕmbah, possibly from Old KhmerCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Old Khmer#SAMBA saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ; whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh). Doublet of simbaCategory:Tagalog doublets#SAMBA.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /samˈba/ [sɐmˈba]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Rhymes: -aCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/a#SAMBACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/a/2 syllables#SAMBA
- Syllabification: sam‧baCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#SAMBA
Noun
sambá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#SAMBACategory:Tagalog nouns#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#SAMBACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- worship; adoration
- Synonym: pagsamba
- spiritual belief
- Synonyms: sampalataya, pananampalataya, pagsasampalataya
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#SAMBA samba, from Brazilian PortugueseCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#SAMBA samba, from a BantuCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Bantu languages#SAMBA language.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsamba/ [ˈsam.bɐ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Rhymes: -ambaCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amba#SAMBACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amba/2 syllables#SAMBA
- Syllabification: sam‧baCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#SAMBA
Noun
samba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#SAMBACategory:Tagalog nouns#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#SAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#SAMBACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
- samba (music and dance)
References
Further reading
- “samba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from French#SAMBACategory:Turkish terms derived from French#SAMBA samba or from Brazilian PortugueseCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#SAMBACategory:Turkish terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#SAMBA samba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsam.ba/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMBA
- Hyphenation: sam‧ba
Noun
samba (definite accusative sambayı, plural sambalar)Category:Turkish lemmas#SAMBACategory:Turkish nouns#SAMBACategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#SAMBACategory:Pages with entries#SAMBACategory:Pages with 17 entries#SAMBA
Further reading
- “samba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “samba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük