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semba
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “semba” mean?
semba: the classic Angolan dance music
Example
“Os kotas dançam semba melhor que ninguém.”
The old folks dance semba better than anyone.
Good to know
Ancestor of kizomba and of Brazilian samba.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: música tradicional
Heard in a conversation
Grandpa's 80th birthday
Josefa Os primos de Benguela vão mandar. Eu já tratei desse mambo.
The cousins from Benguela are sending it. I've already sorted that out.
Edvaldo E a música? O avô só quer semba, nada de kuduro dos kandengues!
And the music? Grandpa only wants semba, none of the kids' kuduro!
Josefa Já falei com o DJ. É meu kamba de infância, vai ser só semba, prometo.
I've already talked to the DJ. He's my childhood buddy, it'll be just semba, I promise.
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- kizombakizomba: Angola’s slow, close couple dance
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- a Ilhathe Ilha, Luanda’s beach and nightlife strip
- estar grossoto be drunk
- buéa lot, very
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