samba
Spanish, noun/ˈsamba/
samba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “samba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Género musical popular de origen brasileño y ascendencia africana, en ritmo de 2/4”.
What does samba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesamba
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Género musical popular de origen brasileño y ascendencia africana, en ritmo de 2/4. 2. Estilo de baile que se danza al compás de la samba₁. 3. En los parques de diversiones, juego que consiste en bailar samba alrededor de un tambor giratorio sin caerse.
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 samba
- sambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samba?
- /ˈsamba/
- [ˈsãm.ba]
- [ˈsãmba]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to samba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samba in Spanish?
samba appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).