Definition of lambada

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lam·ba·da    (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.

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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