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• Four basics, four whisks, three samba walks, one side-samba walk, then two botafogos, four voltas and a maypole.2010, Christine Darcas, Spinning Out, page 318. From the entry botafogo
• 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
• In the Latin category, dancers begin the round in carnival mode, bouncing and curving voltas traveling down the length of the floor, emoting happy celebration in a Brazilianesque samba.2017, Laurie Frederik, “Painting the Body Brown and Other Lessons on How to Dance Latin”, in Laurie Frederik, Kim Marra, Catherine…. From the entry emote
• Kao said that students at the school first came into contact with samba drums thanks to Tsai, a business owner from the Dream Community in Taipei's Sijhih District.2013 June 6, “One Set of Drums, Six Years and Still Going - Love for Music Endures at Majia Junior High School in Pingtung Taiwan Amidst…. From the entry Sijhih
• Batu’s guitarist Chris Franck, after playing samba whilst studying for a degree in France, was tutored by two expatriate Brazilians, Pedro (guitar) and Beberto de Souza (octopusine percussion).1995, Colin Larkin, editors, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, page 312. From the entry octopusine
• All he did was duck, and there he was, in Brazil, serenading in the moonlight, and round the campfire some women dancing samba and the music hot like fire.1994, Learie Alleyne-Forte, Jokers on the Abyss’ Edge: A Collection of Short Stories, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago: Learie…. From the entry dingolay
• Originating in Angola and exported to the suburban colonies in and around Lisbon, kuduro combines age-old African rhythms with euro-techno, samba, calypso and a healthy dose of hip hop bravado.2008 March 23, Jaimie Hodgson, “When kuduro came to town”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry kuduro
• AFRO-BRAZILIAN MUSIC & DANCE (Tonight) The New York-based Ologunde company celebrates the Afro-Brazilian culture of Salvador, Bahia, in a program that includes the candomble, capoeira, maculele and samba da roda.2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry maculele

Meaning of samba

1. noun A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
2. noun A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
3. verb To dance the samba.

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How do you use samba in a sentence?

Samba is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.””

What is a short sentence with samba?

“He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.”

What does samba mean?

Samba means a Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.