"lambada" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lambadas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːdə Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese lambada (“strong slap, hit”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|lambada|t=strong slap, hit}} Portuguese lambada (“strong slap, hit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lambada (plural lambadas)
  1. (preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching. Categories (topical): Dances, Musical genres Translations (Brazilian dance): لَمْبَادَا (lambādā) [feminine] (Arabic), լամբադա (lambada) (Armenian), ламба́да (lambáda) [feminine] (Belarusian), ламба́да (lambáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 林巴打 (Chinese Cantonese), 黏巴達 (Chinese Mandarin), 黏巴达 (niánbadá) (Chinese Mandarin), lambada [feminine] (Czech), lambada (Finnish), lambada [feminine] (French), λαμπάντα (lampánta) [feminine] (Greek), ランバダ (ranbada) (Japanese), ランバーダ (lambāda) (Japanese), 람바다 (rambada) (Korean), ламба́да (lambáda) [feminine] (Macedonian), lambada [feminine] (Portuguese), ламба́да (lambáda) [feminine] (Russian), ламбада [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lambada [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ламба́да (lambáda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lambada-en-noun-2WiDVsV6 Disambiguation of Dances: 57 43 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'Brazilian dance': 94 6
  2. The music to which it is danced. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-lambada-en-noun-SM12HrFH Disambiguation of Music: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Inflected forms

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