rumba
noun
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
rumbas
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pluralof rumba.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At Chez Régine, she served bottles of liquor instead of just cocktails and played a then-exotic mix of rumbas, tangos, merengues and rock songs.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
Most of the great entertainers in Soundies played jazz, but there are films with the blues, cowboy tunes, Hawaiian melodies, polka music, rumbas, the works.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
Yes, they would be subjected to certain indignities for the audience’s delectation, but only the micro-humiliations of botched pasodobles and flubbed rumbas.
From Slate ● May 24, 2016
Many Congolese like to reflect on five generations of musicians, whose languorous rumbas and faster modern beats, adored across Africa and beyond, have served them better than any government.
From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016
It would all happen like the brass sections in the Ruizes’ best rumbas, a meteoric cartoon explosion, with no blood or pain.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
