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lam⋅ba⋅da

  [lahm-bah-duh, ‑dah]
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–noun, plural -das.
1. a Brazilian ballroom dance for couples, with gyrating movements and close interlocking of the partners.
2. music for this dance.
Origin:
1985–90; < Brazilian Pg; Pg: a whipping = lamb(ar) to whip, lash + -ada -ade 1
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lam·ba·da   (ləm-bä'də, läm-bä'dä)   
n.  

  1. A Brazilian ballroom dance in which the partners press against each other tightly and gyrate sensually.

  2. Music for performing this dance.


[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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