Samba vs. Salsa

Sambanoun

A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

Salsanoun

(countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.

Sambanoun

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

Salsanoun

A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.

Sambaverb

To dance the samba.

Salsanoun

Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

Sambanoun

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

Salsaverb

(intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Sambanoun

music composed for dancing the samba

Salsanoun

spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

Sambanoun

a lively ballroom dance from Brazil

Salsanoun

a type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock.

Sambanoun

a form of canasta using three decks and six jokers

Salsanoun

a dance performed to salsa music.

Sambaverb

dance the samba

Salsanoun

(especially in Latin American cooking) a spicy tomato sauce

‘a flour tortilla with salsa and shredded cheese’;

Sambanoun

a Brazilian dance of African origin

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

Sambanoun

a piece of music for the samba

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

Sambanoun

a lively modern ballroom dance imitating the samba.

Sambaverb

dance the samba

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

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.