lambada
French, noun/lɑ̃.ba.da/
lambada is spelled L-A-M-B-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambada is a French feminine noun meaning “lambada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse et un genre musical du Brésil, mélangeant carimbo, reggae, salsa et merengue, dansée en couple, corps…”.
What does lambada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelambada
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse et un genre musical du Brésil, mélangeant carimbo, reggae, salsa et merengue, dansée en couple, corps contre corps, en ondulant des hanches et des épaules et plaçant de temps en temps un genou entre les jambes de son ou sa partenaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lambada
- lambadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambada?
- /lɑ̃.ba.da/
- \lɑ̃.ba.da\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lambada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lambada in French?
lambada appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).