zambra

From Spanish zambra.

zambra (plural zambras)

1. A dance associated with Andalusia.
   • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:

     ‘Can you be at a loss in wanton Seville, where black-eyed damsels dance the zambra under every orange grove?’

Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, cambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā). Doublet of camera.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zam.bra/
• Rhymes: -ambra
• Hyphenation: zàm‧bra

zambra f (plural zambre) (obsolete)

1. room, chamber

   Synonym: camera

2. toilet, lavatory

• zambra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ultimately from Arabic زَمَرَ (zamara, “to play a reed instrument”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθambɾa/ [ˈθãm.bɾa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsambɾa/ [ˈsãm.bɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ambɾa
• Syllabification: zam‧bra

zambra f (plural zambras)

1. gypsy dance, zambra
2. (figurative) uproar

• “zambra”, 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