# samba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɑmbə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑmbə

### Noun

samba (countable and uncountable, plural sambas)
* (dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
* (music) A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
** 2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker‎, →ISSN:Slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888; until then, Bahia had been a major hub of the country’s slave trade. Samba started there for a reason—a fact that Veloso has returned to, obsessively, throughout his career.

#### Derived terms

* samba whistle

#### Translations
### Verb

samba (third-person singular simple present sambas, present participle sambaing, simple past and past participle sambaed)
* To dance the samba.
** 2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker‎, →ISSN:In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.

### Further reading

* samba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ambas, bamas

## Aklanon
### Etymology

Akin to Malay sembah and Tagalog simba.

### Verb

samba
* to worship

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samˈba/ [samˈba]
* Hyphenation: sam‧ba

### Noun

sambá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* worship

#### Derived terms

* magsamba
* samba-samba
* sambahan
* sambahon

#### Related terms

* simba

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

### Noun

samba f
* samba (dance)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “samba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “samba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Estonian
### Noun

samba
* genitive singular of sammas

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑmbɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
* Hyphenation: sam‧ba

### Noun

samba
* samba

#### Declension

Possessive forms of samba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambani
sambani
accusative
nom.
sambani
sambani
gen.
sambani
genitive
sambani
sambojeni sambaini $^{rare}$
partitive
sambaani
sambojani
inessive
sambassani
samboissani
elative
sambastani
samboistani
illative
sambaani
samboihini
adessive
samballani
samboillani
ablative
sambaltani
samboiltani
allative
samballeni
samboilleni
essive
sambanani
samboinani
translative
sambakseni
samboikseni
abessive
sambattani
samboittani
instructive
comitative
—samboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambasi
sambasi
accusative
nom.
sambasi
sambasi
gen.
sambasi
genitive
sambasi
sambojesi sambaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
sambaasi
sambojasi
inessive
sambassasi
samboissasi
elative
sambastasi
samboistasi
illative
sambaasi
samboihisi
adessive
samballasi
samboillasi
ablative
sambaltasi
samboiltasi
allative
samballesi
samboillesi
essive
sambanasi
samboinasi
translative
sambaksesi
samboiksesi
abessive
sambattasi
samboittasi
instructive
comitative
—samboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambamme
sambamme
accusative
nom.
sambamme
sambamme
gen.
sambamme
genitive
sambamme
sambojemme sambaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
sambaamme
sambojamme
inessive
sambassamme
samboissamme
elative
sambastamme
samboistamme
illative
sambaamme
samboihimme
adessive
samballamme
samboillamme
ablative
sambaltamme
samboiltamme
allative
samballemme
samboillemme
essive
sambanamme
samboinamme
translative
sambaksemme
samboiksemme
abessive
sambattamme
samboittamme
instructive
comitative
—samboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambanne
sambanne
accusative
nom.
sambanne
sambanne
gen.
sambanne
genitive
sambanne
sambojenne sambainne $^{rare}$
partitive
sambaanne
sambojanne
inessive
sambassanne
samboissanne
elative
sambastanne
samboistanne
illative
sambaanne
samboihinne
adessive
samballanne
samboillanne
ablative
sambaltanne
samboiltanne
allative
samballenne
samboillenne
essive
sambananne
samboinanne
translative
sambaksenne
samboiksenne
abessive
sambattanne
samboittanne
instructive
comitative
—samboinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambansa
sambansa
accusative
nom.
sambansa
sambansa
gen.
sambansa
genitive
sambansa
sambojensa sambainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
sambaansa
sambojaan sambojansa
inessive
sambassaan sambassansa
samboissaan samboissansa
elative
sambastaan sambastansa
samboistaan samboistansa
illative
sambaansa
samboihinsa
adessive
samballaan samballansa
samboillaan samboillansa
ablative
sambaltaan sambaltansa
samboiltaan samboiltansa
allative
samballeen samballensa
samboilleen samboillensa
essive
sambanaan sambanansa
samboinaan samboinansa
translative
sambakseen sambaksensa
samboikseen samboiksensa
abessive
sambattaan sambattansa
samboittaan samboittansa
instructive
comitative
—samboineen samboinensa :

#### Derived terms

* sambata
* karnevaalisamba
* sambakarnevaali
* sambamusiikki
* sambaorkesteri
* sambatanssija

### Further reading

* “samba”, 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

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑ̃.ba/

### Noun

samba m (plural sambas)
* samba (dance)

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

### Noun

samba m or f (plural sambas)
* samba

### Further reading

* “samba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “samba” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsam.ba/
* Rhymes: -amba
* Hyphenation: sàm‧ba

### Noun

samba f (plural sambe)
* samba (dance)

### Further reading

* samba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Italiot Greek

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### Etymology

From Byzantine Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton), from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), borrowed from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא. Cognates include Greek Σάββατο (Sávvato).

### Noun

samba n
* Saturday

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsam.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amba
* Syllabification: sam‧ba

### Noun

samba f
* samba

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɐ̃.bɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
* Hyphenation: sam‧ba

### Etymology 1

Probably of Bantu origin, possibly Kongo semba (“belly-bump”), name of a dance. More at Samba.

#### Noun

samba m (plural sambas)
* samba (Brazilian genre of music and dance)
** 1963, “Mas Que Nada”, in Samba Esquema Novo, performed by Jorge Ben:Eu quero passar / Pois o samba está animado / O que eu quero é sambar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

samba
* inflection of sambar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Samba”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* “samba”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sà.ᵐbà(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: sam‧ba

### Noun

samba (stem -samba-)
* trout

#### Inflection
### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 64

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsamba/ [ˈsãm.ba]
* Rhymes: -amba
* Syllabification: sam‧ba

### Noun

samba f (plural sambas)
* samba

### Further reading

* “samba”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Portuguese samba.

### Noun

samba c
* samba

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | samba | sambas |
| singular | definite | samban | sambans |
| plural | indefinite | sambor | sambors |
| plural | definite | samborna | sambornas |

### References

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah), from Old Javanese sĕmbah, possibly from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ; whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh). Doublet of simba.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /samˈba/ [sɐmˈba]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: sam‧ba

#### Noun

sambá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* worship; adoration
    Synonym: pagsamba
* spiritual belief
    Synonyms: sampalataya, pananampalataya, pagsasampalataya

##### Derived terms

* mananamba
* pagsamba
* pasambahin
* sambahan
* sambahin
* sambasamba
* sumamba

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English samba, from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsamba/ [ˈsam.bɐ]
* Rhymes: -amba
* Syllabification: sam‧ba

#### Noun

samba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* samba (music and dance)

### References

* ↑ Blust, R., Trussel, S. (2010–) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition‎

### Further reading

* “samba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French samba or from Brazilian Portuguese samba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsam.ba/
* Hyphenation: sam‧ba

### Noun

samba (definite accusative sambayı, plural sambalar)
* samba

### Further reading

* “samba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “samba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük