MAMBO

Meaning of MAMBO in English

/ ˈmæmbəʊ; NAmE ; -boʊ/ noun ( pl. mambos )

a lively Latin American dance

a female voodoo priest

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: from American Spanish , probably from Haitian Creole , from Yoruba , literally to talk.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MAMBO — noun (plural ~s) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1948 a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the rumba and the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAMBO — I. ˈmäm(ˌ)bō noun also mam·bu -bü ( -s ) Etymology: Haitian creole : a Haitian voodoo priestess II. “ sometimes …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAMBO — /mahm"boh/ , n. , pl. mambos , v. n. 1. a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAMBO — v. dance the mambo
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAMBO — n. fast ballroom dance which originated in Latin America; music for the mambo dance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAMBO — noun ( plural mambos ) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1948 : a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAMBO — [ 'mambəʊ ] ■ noun ( plural ~s ) 1》 a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAMBO — [mam.bo] n, pl mambos [AmerSp] (1948): a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the rumba and the cha-cha; also: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAMBO — ballroom dance of Cuban origin, internationally popular in the late 1940s. It was performed as an offbeat rumba in which …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAMBO — mambo BrE AmE ˈmæm bəʊ AmE ˈmɑːm boʊ ▷ mambo|ed d ▷ mambo|es, ~s z ▷ mambo|ing ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAMBO — mam ‧ bo /'mæmbəʊ $ ˈmɑːmboʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mambos ) [uncountable and countable] a dance, originally from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAMBO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1 a Latin American dance like the rumba. 2 the music for this. --v.intr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAMBO — n. & v. n. (pl. -os) 1 a Latin American dance like the rumba. 2 the music for this. v.intr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAMBO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1. a Latin American dance like the rumba. 2 the music for this. --v.intr. …
Oxford English vocab
MAMBO — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He rode to fame on the mambo and cha-cha craze of the Eisenhower years, dazzling …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAMBO — [Haitian] A priestess who, together with a hungan, leads the rituals in voodoo, such as the invoking of the loa.
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
MAMBO — мамбо (танец) танцевать мамбо
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAMBO — Mambo Open Source
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MAMBO — 1. ʹmæmb|əʋ n ( pl -os -ʹmæmbəʋs ) мамбо ( танец ) 2. ʹmæmbəʋ v танцевать мамбо
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MAMBO — (v) танцевать мамбо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MAMBO — (n) мамбо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MAMBO — 1. [ʹmæmb|əʋ] n ( pl -os [-{ʹmæmb}əʋs] ) мамбо ( танец ) 2. [ʹmæmbəʋ] v танцевать мамбо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MAMBO — 1. ʹmæmb|əʋ n ( pl -os -ʹmæmbəʋs ) мамбо ( танец ) 2. ʹmæmbəʋ v танцевать мамбо
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MAMBO — мамбо (танец) танцевать мамбо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAMBO — n. Pronunciation: ' mäm-( ˌ )b ō Function: noun Inflected Form: plural mambos Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1948 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MAMBO OPEN SOURCE — Mambo
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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