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Mambo

//ˈmæmbəʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) countable, uncountable

    "The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter."

  2. 2
    a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba wordnet
  3. 3
    A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To perform this dance. intransitive
  2. 2
    dance a mambo wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).

Etymology 2

From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).

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