bembe
Spanish, noun[bẽmˈbe]
bembe is spelled B-E-M-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bembe is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of bemba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de bembo (bezo)”.
What does bembe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of bemba
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ritual cubano de origen africano, en donde se tocan los tambores. 2. Antigua danza cubana de origen africano. 3. Pachanga, fiesta.
noun: 1. Variante de bembo (bezo).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bembe
- bembes plural
- bembés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bembe?
- [bẽmˈbe]
- [ˈbẽmbe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bembe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bembe in Spanish?
bembe appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).