# rumba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹʊmbə/, /ˈɹʌmbə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

rumba (plural rumbas)
* A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

#### Translations
### Verb

rumba (third-person singular simple present rumbas, present participle rumbaing, simple past and past participle rumbaed)
* To dance the rumba.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Burma, umbra

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈrum.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrum.ba]

### Noun

rumba f (plural rumbes)
* rumba (dance)

### Further reading

* “rumba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Noun

rumba f
* rumba

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “rumba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rumba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrum.baː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: rum‧ba

### Noun

rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)
* rumba

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrumbɑ/, [ˈrumbɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -umbɑ
* Hyphenation: rum‧ba

### Noun

rumba
* rumba (dance)
* (figurative) fuss

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rumba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rumbani
rumbani
accusative
nom.
rumbani
rumbani
gen.
rumbani
genitive
rumbani
rumbieni rumbaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rumbaani
rumbiani
inessive
rumbassani
rumbissani
elative
rumbastani
rumbistani
illative
rumbaani
rumbiini
adessive
rumballani
rumbillani
ablative
rumbaltani
rumbiltani
allative
rumballeni
rumbilleni
essive
rumbanani
rumbinani
translative
rumbakseni
rumbikseni
abessive
rumbattani
rumbittani
instructive
comitative
—rumbineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rumbasi
rumbasi
accusative
nom.
rumbasi
rumbasi
gen.
rumbasi
genitive
rumbasi
rumbiesi rumbaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rumbaasi
rumbiasi
inessive
rumbassasi
rumbissasi
elative
rumbastasi
rumbistasi
illative
rumbaasi
rumbiisi
adessive
rumballasi
rumbillasi
ablative
rumbaltasi
rumbiltasi
allative
rumballesi
rumbillesi
essive
rumbanasi
rumbinasi
translative
rumbaksesi
rumbiksesi
abessive
rumbattasi
rumbittasi
instructive
comitative
—rumbinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rumbamme
rumbamme
accusative
nom.
rumbamme
rumbamme
gen.
rumbamme
genitive
rumbamme
rumbiemme rumbaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rumbaamme
rumbiamme
inessive
rumbassamme
rumbissamme
elative
rumbastamme
rumbistamme
illative
rumbaamme
rumbiimme
adessive
rumballamme
rumbillamme
ablative
rumbaltamme
rumbiltamme
allative
rumballemme
rumbillemme
essive
rumbanamme
rumbinamme
translative
rumbaksemme
rumbiksemme
abessive
rumbattamme
rumbittamme
instructive
comitative
—rumbinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rumbanne
rumbanne
accusative
nom.
rumbanne
rumbanne
gen.
rumbanne
genitive
rumbanne
rumbienne rumbainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rumbaanne
rumbianne
inessive
rumbassanne
rumbissanne
elative
rumbastanne
rumbistanne
illative
rumbaanne
rumbiinne
adessive
rumballanne
rumbillanne
ablative
rumbaltanne
rumbiltanne
allative
rumballenne
rumbillenne
essive
rumbananne
rumbinanne
translative
rumbaksenne
rumbiksenne
abessive
rumbattanne
rumbittanne
instructive
comitative
—rumbinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rumbansa
rumbansa
accusative
nom.
rumbansa
rumbansa
gen.
rumbansa
genitive
rumbansa
rumbiensa rumbainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rumbaansa
rumbiaan rumbiansa
inessive
rumbassaan rumbassansa
rumbissaan rumbissansa
elative
rumbastaan rumbastansa
rumbistaan rumbistansa
illative
rumbaansa
rumbiinsa
adessive
rumballaan rumballansa
rumbillaan rumbillansa
ablative
rumbaltaan rumbaltansa
rumbiltaan rumbiltansa
allative
rumballeen rumballensa
rumbilleen rumbillensa
essive
rumbanaan rumbanansa
rumbinaan rumbinansa
translative
rumbakseen rumbaksensa
rumbikseen rumbiksensa
abessive
rumbattaan rumbattansa
rumbittaan rumbittansa
instructive
comitative
—rumbineen rumbinensa :

#### Derived terms

* rumbata

### Further reading

* “rumba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Burma, burma, umbra

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from rumbo (“route”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁum.ba/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rumba f (plural rumbas)
* rumba (dance)

### Further reading

* “rumba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* bruma

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrumbɒ]
* Hyphenation: rum‧ba
* Rhymes: -bɒ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

#### Noun

rumba (plural rumbák)
* rumba (dance)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

rum +‎ -ba

#### Noun

rumba
* illative singular of rum
    Jeget tesznek a rumba. ― They put ice in the rum.

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Irish
### Etymology

From English rumba, from Cuban Spanish.

### Noun

rumba m (genitive singular rumba, nominative plural rumbaí)
* rumba

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rumba
rumbaí
vocative
a rumba
a rumbaí
genitive
rumba
rumbaí
dative
rumba
rumbaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rumba
na rumbaí
genitive
an rumba
na rumbaí
dative
leis an rumba don rumba
leis na rumbaí :

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rumba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rumba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “rumba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrum.ba/
* Rhymes: -umba
* Hyphenation: rùm‧ba

### Noun

rumba f (plural rumbe)
* rumba

### Anagrams

* bruma, umbra

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrum.ba/
* Rhymes: -umba
* Syllabification: rum‧ba

### Noun

rumba f
* rumba

#### Declension
### Further reading

* rumba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rumba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Cuban Spanish, from rumbo (“spree, party”), meaning evolved from "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo (“rhombus”), referencing the compass, which is marked by a rhombus. See rhombus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrumba/ [ˈrũm.ba]
* Rhymes: -umba
* Syllabification: rum‧ba

### Noun

rumba f (plural rumbas)
* (Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia) party
* rumba (Cuban dance)

#### Derived terms

* rumbear

#### Descendants

* → English: rumba
* → German: Rumba

### Further reading

* “rumba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rumba.

### Noun

rumba class IX (plural rumba class X)
* rumba
    rumba ya Congo ― Congolese rumba
** 2021 December 15, “Rumba ya Congo yashinda hadhi ya kulindwa na UNESCO”, in BBC News Swahili‎:Moja ya aina ya muziki na dansi yenye ushawishi mkubwa zaidi ya Kiafrika, rumba ya Congo, sasa ina hadhi ya kulindwa na Unesco.One of the most influential African music and dance forms, the Congolese rumba, now has UNESCO protected status.

## Swedish
### Noun

rumba c
* rumba

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | rumba | rumbas |
| singular | definite | rumban | rumbans |
| plural | indefinite | rumbor | rumbors |
| plural | definite | rumborna | rumbornas |

### References

* rumba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɾumba/ [ˈɾum.bɐ]
* Rhymes: -umba
* Syllabification: rum‧ba

### Noun

rumba (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* rumba (Cuban dance and music)

### Anagrams

* Burma