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timba

/tɪm.bə/

timba noun: a Cuban salsa-derived style of music.

Noun

timba (uncountable)

  1. A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
    • Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times

Origin of timba

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

Questions about timba

What does timba mean?
Timba means a Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
What part of speech is timba?
Timba is a noun.
How do you pronounce timba?
Timba is pronounced /tɪm.bə/.

Words near timba in the dictionary

  1. Timaru
  2. Timau
  3. timawa
  4. timawas
  5. Timb
  6. timba
  7. timbal
  8. timbale
  9. timbalero
  10. timbaleros
  11. timbales

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