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lam·ba·da  audio  (lm-bäd, läm-bädä) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. A Brazilian ballroom dance in which the partners press against each other tightly and gyrate sensually.
  2. Music for performing this dance.

ETYMOLOGY:
Portuguese, beating, lashing, from past participle of lambar, to beat, variant of lombar, probably from lombo, side, flank (of a horse), from Latin lumbus, loin


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