rumba
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁũ.bɐ/
rumba is spelled R-U-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rumba (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dança afro-cubana”.
What does rumba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerumba (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dança afro-cubana
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rumba
- rumbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rumba?
- Brazil /ˈʁũ.bɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhũ.bɐ]
- /ˈʁũ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rumba in Portuguese?
rumba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).