mambo
noun
mam·bo
ˈmäm-(ˌ)bō 
plural mambos
: a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the rumba and the cha-cha
also
: the music for this dance
mambo
intransitive verb
Examples of mambo in a Sentence
They learned to dance the mambo.
The band played a mambo.
Recent Examples on the Web
The charming ensemble, led by singer Catalina García and musician Santiago Prieto, has always blended a sound that’s eclectic, sweet, and a little twee, with flashes of old-school swing, Latin jazz, and mambo.
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Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
Earning the nickname the King of Latin Music, the multi-hyphenate musician put Caribbean styles — including mambo, salsa, boogaloo, cha-cha-cha, rumba, guaracha and Afro-Cuban jazz — on the global map.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
When he first was hired, the station’s programming consisted of old trios and guitar groups, romantic balladists from Spain and South America and the old mambo and cha-cha-cha orquestras.
—Roy Trakin, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
The opening mambo number is pure pleasure.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
Carla favors soul and old hip-hop, while Cesar loves funk and mambo.
—Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
Earning the nickname the King of Latin Music, the multi-hyphenate musician put Caribbean styles — including mambo, salsa, boogaloo, cha-cha-cha, rumba, guaracha and Afro-Cuban jazz — on the global map.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
When he first was hired, the station’s programming consisted of old trios and guitar groups, romantic balladists from Spain and South America and the old mambo and cha-cha-cha orquestras.
—Roy Trakin, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
The opening mambo number is pure pleasure.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
Carla favors soul and old hip-hop, while Cesar loves funk and mambo.
—Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
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“Mambo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mambo. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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mambo
noun
mam·bo
ˈmäm-bō
plural mambos
: a dance of Haitian origin related to the rumba
mambo
verb
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