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Popular Brazilian dance
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lambada
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Word definitions for lambada in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ People hummed the lambada as they walked down the streets.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sensual Brazilian dance," 1988, from Portuguese, said in some sources to be literally "a beating, a lashing." But others connect it ultimately to Latin lumbus "loin."
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lambada is a Brazil-origin dance that became popular worldwide during the 1980s and early 1990s. Lambada may also refer to:
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching. 2 The music to which it is danced. 3 A strong hit, the act of hitting someone/something with a piece of wood or club.
Usage examples of lambada.
It was all part of the process of getting tuned in to the country, which we took seriously-so much so there was a strong rumor going around at one stage that the boys in B Squadron were taking lambada lessons at Bartestree Village Hall.
Some leggy Brazilian who Jackie bumped into doing the lambada in a suburban nightclub?
Those butterflies were dancing the lambada as he hardened against my right leg.
But the band had just struck up the first few notes of the lambada and Joe was maneuvering me around a tight turn.
Lambada watched as the centre started to bulge outwards into a convex shape.