Definitions
a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
Word origin
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.
Used in a sentence
“And when the samba played, the sun would set so high / Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby”
“They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.””
“In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Carnival rhythm”5 letters
02“Brazilian dance”5 letters
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