MAMBO Meaning of MAMBO in English n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1. a Latin American dance like the rumba. 2 the music for this. --v.intr. (-oes, -oed) perform the mambo. Etymology: Amer. Sp. prob. f. Haitian Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012