mambo
noun
mam·bo ˈmäm-(ˌ)bō 
plural mambos
: a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the rumba and the cha-cha
also : the music for this dance
mambo intransitive verb
Example Sentences
They learned to dance the mambo. The band played a mambo.
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Stephanie Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Carla favors soul and old hip-hop, while Cesar loves funk and mambo. Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 The electro-merengue and mambo fusion, about a girl who’s hitting the club with her friends to get over a heartbreak, was inspired by the music of Dominican artists Juan Luis Guerra, Omega and Fefita La Grande. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 17 Aug. 2022 It’s also the first time Bad Bunny has experimented fully with dembow and mambo, making both of these tracks even more attractive to those who prefer tropical music as opposed to urban. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 17 May 2022 Rhythm on the Plaza: Tuesday night concerts from 7 to 9 p.m. at Clifton Plaza will feature musicians and bands performing salsa, mambo and other rhythmic genres. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 May 2022 With a mix of Caribbean flavors such as dembow and mambo, electronic dance beats, and of course, perreo, the album was made for the summer. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 6 May 2022 The album is often as leisurely as a beach vacation, blending gentle dembow beats and twinkling production with sudden twists of mambo, house, and reggae. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022 In the dance at the gym, toward the end of the mambo section, there’s a musical passage that struck me as reckless and goofy. Tony Kushner, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022 See More
Stephanie Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Carla favors soul and old hip-hop, while Cesar loves funk and mambo. Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 The electro-merengue and mambo fusion, about a girl who’s hitting the club with her friends to get over a heartbreak, was inspired by the music of Dominican artists Juan Luis Guerra, Omega and Fefita La Grande. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 17 Aug. 2022 It’s also the first time Bad Bunny has experimented fully with dembow and mambo, making both of these tracks even more attractive to those who prefer tropical music as opposed to urban. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 17 May 2022 Rhythm on the Plaza: Tuesday night concerts from 7 to 9 p.m. at Clifton Plaza will feature musicians and bands performing salsa, mambo and other rhythmic genres. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 May 2022 With a mix of Caribbean flavors such as dembow and mambo, electronic dance beats, and of course, perreo, the album was made for the summer. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 6 May 2022 The album is often as leisurely as a beach vacation, blending gentle dembow beats and twinkling production with sudden twists of mambo, house, and reggae. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022 In the dance at the gym, toward the end of the mambo section, there’s a musical passage that struck me as reckless and goofy. Tony Kushner, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
American Spanish
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
mamboed
verb
as in polkaed
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- polkaed
- boogeyed
- fox-trotted
- gavotted
- jitterbugged
- waltzed
- shuffled
- bopped
- jigged
- shagged
- boogied
- tangoed
- shimmied
- jived
- strutted
- twisted
- pranced
- tap-danced
- tripped
- stepped
- trod
- danced
- treaded
- footed (it)
- hoofed (it)