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sambas

sambas is the plural of samba.

sambas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of samba.

Meaning of samba

Noun

samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)

  1. A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
  2. A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
    • And when the samba played, the sun would set so high / Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby1986, “La Isla Bonita”, in True Blue, performed by Madonna

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Questions about sambas

What is sambas the plural of?
Sambas is the plural of samba.

Words near sambas in the dictionary

  1. sambandham
  2. sambaqui
  3. sambaquis
  4. sambar
  5. sambars
  6. sambas
  7. sambaza
  8. sambazaed
  9. sambazaing
  10. sambazas
  11. Sambel

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