mambo

[ mahm-boh ]

/ ˈmɑm boʊ /

a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps.

to dance the mambo.

Origin of mambo

Borrowed into English from American Spanish around 1945–50

mamaku, mamallapuram, mamaroneck, mamba, mamberamo, mambo, mame, mamelon, mameluke, mamers, mamet

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mambo

/ (ˈmæmbəʊ) /

a modern Latin American dance, resembling the rumba, derived from the ritual dance of voodoo

a voodoo priestess

(intr) to perform this dance

American Spanish, probably from Haitian Creole: voodoo priestess