rumba

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʊmbə/, /ˈɹʌmbə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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rumba (plural rumbas)

1. A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

rumba (third-person singular simple present rumbas, present participle rumbaing, simple past and past participle rumbaed)

1. To dance the rumba.

• Burma, umbra

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrum.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrum.ba]

rumba f (plural rumbes)

1. rumba (dance)

• “rumba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

rumba f

1. rumba

• “rumba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rumba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum.baː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: rum‧ba

rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)

1. rumba

From Spanish rumba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrumbɑ/, [ˈrumbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -umbɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rum‧ba
• Hyphenation^(key): rum‧ba

rumba

1. rumba (dance)
2. (figurative) fuss

• “rumba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Burma, burma, umbra

Borrowed from Spanish, from rumbo (“route”).

• IPA^(key): /ʁum.ba/

• Audio:

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rumba f (plural rumbas)

1. rumba (dance)

• “rumba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• bruma

• IPA^(key): [ˈrumbɒ]
• Hyphenation: rum‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.^[1]

rumba (plural rumbák)

1. rumba (dance)

rum +‎ -ba

rumba

1. illative singular of rum

   Jeget tesznek a rumba. ― They put ice in the rum.

From English rumba, from Cuban Spanish.

rumba m (genitive singular rumba, nominative plural rumbaí)

1. rumba

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rumba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rumba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rumba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum.ba/
• Rhymes: -umba
• Hyphenation: rùm‧ba

rumba f (plural rumbe)

1. rumba

• bruma, umbra

rumba

1. grass

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 10

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum.ba/
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: rum‧ba

rumba f

1. rumba

• rumba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rumba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Cuban Spanish, from rumbo (“spree, party”), meaning evolved from "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo (“rhombus”), referencing the compass, which is marked by a rhombus. See rhombus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrumba/ [ˈrũm.ba]
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: rum‧ba

rumba f (plural rumbas)

1. (Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia) party
2. rumba (Cuban dance)

• → English: rumba
• → German: Rumba

• “rumba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from English rumba.

rumba class IX (plural rumba class X)

1. rumba

   rumba ya Congo ― Congolese rumba

   • 2021 December 15, “Rumba ya Congo yashinda hadhi ya kulindwa na UNESCO”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[2]:

     Moja ya aina ya muziki na dansi yenye ushawishi mkubwa zaidi ya Kiafrika, rumba ya Congo, sasa ina hadhi ya kulindwa na Unesco.

     One of the most influential African music and dance forms, the Congolese rumba, now has UNESCO protected status.

rumba c

1. rumba

• rumba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾumba/ [ˈɾum.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: rum‧ba

rumba (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. rumba (Cuban dance and music)

• Burma