German

Noun

Mambo m

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

English

Noun

mambo ‎(plural mambos)

1. A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba in the 1940s.
2. A fast-paced Latin American dance inspired by mambo music.

Derived terms

• horizontal mambo

Translations

Verb

mambo ‎(third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

Translations

See also

• Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

Noun

mambo m ‎(plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Italian

Noun

mambo m ‎(invariable)

1. mambo (dance and music)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Spanish

Etymology

From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole, ultimately from Yoruba mambo ‎(“to talk”).

Noun

mambo m ‎(plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Swahili

Noun

mambo

1. plural of jambo

Swedish

Etymology

Formed in parallel with sambo together with mamma ("mum").

Noun

mambo c

1. (somewhat humorous) Person who still lives with mum and dad

Declension

Related terms

• sambo
• särbo