MAMBO
What does "MAMBO" mean?
A fast, rhythmic Latin ballroom dance of Cuban origin.
Meanings
- A lively dance of Cuban origin resembling the rumba, and the syncopated music for it. The band launched into a mambo and the floor filled at once.
- To perform this dance. They mamboed until the club closed.
Did you know?
- Bandleader Pérez Prado earned the title 'King of the Mambo' by driving the dance into a global craze around 1949, brass stabs and grunts included.
Word origin
From Cuban Spanish 'mambo', likely from Haitian Creole or a Kikongo word linked to ritual conversation with the gods; popularized as a dance in the 1940s.
Remember it
MAMBO: 'Move And Move, Brass On!' — the horn-driven dance command.
A little poem
One-two, the trumpet bites the air,
hips answer faster than the rest will dare-
the floor forgets it ever had a care.
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Wordplay
- I tried to learn the mambo from a book. Turns out the steps don't translate to the page — they only move.
What it teaches
Some things can only be learned at the speed they are meant to be lived.
Quick facts
What does MAMBO mean?
A fast, rhythmic Latin ballroom dance of Cuban origin.
Is MAMBO a valid word?
Yes — MAMBO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MAMBO?
MAMBO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MAMBO come from?
From Cuban Spanish 'mambo', likely from Haitian Creole or a Kikongo word linked to ritual conversation with the gods; popularized as a dance in the 1940s.
What can MAMBO teach us?
Some things can only be learned at the speed they are meant to be lived.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.