MAMBO

mambo

(noun) a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba

mambo

(verb) dance a mambo

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes)

A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.]

A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]

Verb

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

(intransitive) To perform this dance.

Anagrams

• bammo

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.

coffee icon