lambada
Americannoun
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a Brazilian ballroom dance for couples, with gyrating movements and close interlocking of the partners.
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music for this dance.
noun
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an erotic dance, originating in Brazil, performed by two people who hold each other closely and gyrate their hips in synchronized movements
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the music that accompanies the lambada, combining salsa, calypso, and reggae
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Etymology
Origin of lambada
1985–90; < Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: a whipping, equivalent to lamb ( ar ) to whip, lash + -ada -ade 1
Example Sentences
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So basically we had a bizarre scene of us dancing around to an imaginary lambada at the training ground.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2012
More recent offerings like the achy-breaky and the lambada held no appeal for me: one brought to mind the phrase “ratty mullet”; the other, “pelvic wallop.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2012
And now, according to TMZ.com, Chad Ochocinco is the next to tango, mambo and lambada his way into a largely female demographic.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 1, 2010
Western pop culture -- from rock music to lambada dancing -- has invaded the cities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spawned on the northeast coast of Brazil, the lambada has swept through France this summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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