Samba vs. Chocolo

A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.

To dance the samba.

large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

music composed for dancing the samba

a lively ballroom dance from Brazil

a form of canasta using three decks and six jokers

dance the samba

a Brazilian dance of African origin

Example: ‘a woman danced the samba carrying a pitcher of lemonade’;

a piece of music for the samba

Example: ‘folk tunes from the north of Brazil, or sambas from the south’;

a lively modern ballroom dance imitating the samba.

dance the samba

Example: ‘how do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?’;

Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ] (listen)), also known as samba urbano carioca (Urban Carioca Samba) or simply samba carioca (Carioca Samba) is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Having its roots in Angola and in Brazilian folk traditions, especially those linked to the primitive rural samba of the colonial and imperial periods, is considered one of the most important cultural phenomena in Brazil and one of the country symbols.

(musical instruments) A shaker that plays a note throughout a samba piece or performance