sambo
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɐ̃.bu/
sambo is spelled S-A-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sambo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Sambo (a Russian martial art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sambar.
What does sambo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSambo (a Russian martial art)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sambar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce sambo?
- Brazil /ˈsɐ̃.bu/
- Portugal /ˈsɐ̃.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sambo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sambo in Portuguese?
sambo 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).