Plural of samba
regular plural
The plural of samba is sambas.
Forms of samba
| Singular | samba /ˈsɑmbə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sambas |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Sambas in a sentence
- He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from...
- The drifters were coming back to play the guitar, sing modinhas, invent sambas they would later sell to famous samba singers in the city.1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 159. From the entry modinha
Meaning of samba
- noun A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
- noun A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
- verb To dance the samba.
Questions about the plural of samba
- What is the plural of samba?
- The plural of samba is sambas.
- Is samba countable?
- Samba is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: samba (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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