mambo

== English == === Etymology === From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæmbəʊ/ (General American) enPR: ʹmäm-bō, IPA(key): /ˈmɑmboʊ/ Rhymes: -æmbəʊ === Noun === mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes) A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.] 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 219: The manbo showed her how to take small handfuls of liquid and spread it on her skin always moving in the upward direction. May 2018, Kyrah Malika Daniels, Whiteness in the Ancestral Waters: Race, Religion, and Conversion within North American Buddhism and Haitian Vodou, The Journal of Interreligious Studies, Issue 23: In the 1950s, Ukrainian American filmmaker Maya Deren traveled to Haiti and became initiated as a manbo (priestess) in Haitian Vodou. A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.] ==== Alternative forms ==== (voodoo priestess) manbo ==== Derived terms ==== horizontal mambo mambo sauce ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed) (intransitive) To perform this dance. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === bammo == Chuabo == === Noun === mambo chief, king === References === Shrum, Jeff (2018), Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary‎[1], SIL International == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmambo] === Noun === mambo n mambo (dance) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “mambo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Digo == === Noun === mambo plural of dzambo == French == === Etymology === From American & Cuban Spanish mambo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑ̃.bo/ === Noun === mambo m (plural mambos) mambo (music) mambo (dance) === Further reading === “mambo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === From American & Cuban Spanish mambo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmam.bo/ Rhymes: -ambo Hyphenation: màm‧bo === Noun === mambo m (invariable) mambo (dance and music) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu Hyphenation: mam‧bo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Kimbundu mambu. ==== Noun ==== mambo m (plural mambos) (Angola, colloquial) thing Synonym: coisa === Etymology 2 === From American & Cuban Spanish mambo. ==== Noun ==== mambo m (plural mambos) mambo (music) mambo (dance) === Further reading === “mambo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mambo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mambo or French mambo. === Noun === mambo n (plural mambouri) mambo (music) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole manbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmambo/ [ˈmãm.bo] Rhymes: -ambo Syllabification: mam‧bo === Noun === mambo m (plural mambos) mambo (music) mambo (dance) === Further reading === “mambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === mambo plural of jambo === Interjection === mambo (colloquial) how are you? == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Probably from Haitian Creole mambo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmambʊ/ Rhymes: -ambʊ ==== Noun ==== mambo c (dance) mambo; a type of Latin American dance ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Blend of mamma (“mum”) +‎ sambo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (sometimes proscribed) /ˈmambʊ/, /²mamˌbuː/ ==== Noun ==== mambo c (somewhat humorous) a person who still lives with their parents ===== Usage notes ===== For notes on the pronunciation, see the usage notes under the entry sambo. ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== sambo särbo === References === “mambo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “mambo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === bomma