lambada
[lahm-bah-duh, ‐dah]
- a Brazilian ballroom dance for couples, with gyrating movements and close interlocking of the partners.
- music for this dance.
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Origin of lambada
1985–90; < Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: a whipping, equivalent to lamb(ar) to whip, lash + -ada -ade1
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lambada
- an erotic dance, originating in Brazil, performed by two people who hold each other closely and gyrate their hips in synchronized movements
- the music that accompanies the lambada, combining salsa, calypso, and reggae
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Word Origin
C20: from Portuguese, literally: the snapping of a whip
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Word Origin and History for lambada
n.
"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."
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