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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslambada
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lambada
"A lambada é um ritmo contagiante originado no Pará."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fast, sensual Brazilian dance style characterized by close body contact and rapid hip movements.
"Dancers gathered on the beach to sway and spin to the rhythm of the lambada." - 2
A fast-paced musical genre that accompanies the lambada dance, combining elements of carimbó and merengue.
"The radio station played a vibrant lambada that got everyone on their feet."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 20th century from Portuguese, specifically originating in Northern Brazil. The term likely relates to a regional dance style and rhythm that gained international popularity in the late 1980s.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lambada" is said worldwide
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lambada
Transliteration: lambada
"Tout le monde dansait la lambada sur la plage."
Lambada
Transliteration: Lambada
"Sie tanzten leidenschaftlich Lambada zu der mitreißenden Musik."
lambada
Transliteration: lambada
"La lambada è un ballo molto energico e sensuale."
lambada
Transliteration: lambada
"La lambada se popularizó mundialmente a finales de los años ochenta."
lambada
Transliteration: lambada
"A lambada é um ritmo contagiante originado no Pará."
लम्बाडा
Transliteration: lambada
"लम्बाडा एक बहुत ही तेज और ऊर्जावान नृत्य शैली है।"
兰巴达舞
Transliteration: lán bǎ dá wǔ
"他们在欢快的音乐声中跳起了兰巴达舞。"
람바다
Transliteration: rambada
"그들은 열정적인 리듬에 맞춰 람바다를 추었다."
ランバダ
Transliteration: ranbada
"情熱的なランバダの音楽に合わせて踊った。"
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