mambo
French, noun/mɑ̃.bo/
mambo is spelled M-A-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mambo is a French masculine noun meaning “mambo (music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musique cubaine proche du danzón”.
What does mambo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemambo (music)
- 2
masculinemambo (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musique cubaine proche du danzón. 2. Danse inspirée par cette musique.
noun: 1. Prêtresse vaudoue.
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 mambo
- mambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mambo?
- /mɑ̃.bo/
- \mɑ̃m.bo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mambo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mambo in French?
mambo appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).