noun
Meaning 1
A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rumba
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Sound
Pronunciation
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verb
Meaning 2
To dance the rumba.
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noun
Meaning 3
a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rhumba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
noun
Meaning 4
a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhumba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: folk dancing, folk dance
noun
Meaning 5
syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhumba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance music
verb
Meaning 6
dance the rhumba
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rhumba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ռումբա (ṙumba) — dance
- Chinese Mandarin: 倫巴舞 /伦巴舞 (lúnbāwǔ) — dance
- Czech: rumba — dance
- Finnish: rumba — dance
- French: rumba — dance
- German: Rumba — dance
- Hungarian: rumba — dance
- Japanese: ルンバ (runba) — dance
- Malay: rumba — dance
- Norwegian: rumba — dance
- Polish: rumba — dance
- Russian: ру́мба (rúmba) — dance
- Swahili: rumba — dance
- Swedish: rumba — dance
- Tagalog: rumba — dance
- Finnish: rumbata — to dance rumba
- German: Rumba tanzen — to dance rumba
- Hungarian: rumbázik — to dance rumba
- Spanish: rumbear — to dance rumba