timba

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/tɪm.bə//tiːm.bə//tɪm.bə(ɹ)//tiːm.bə(ɹ)/

noun

A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.

OriginSpanish timba ← Tagalog timba ← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba →
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Meanings

nountimba (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Cuban salsa-derived style of music.

    Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

    2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*timba
  2. Tagalogtimba
  3. Spanishtimba
  4. Englishtimba

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

(non-rhotic, first pronunciation) timber

Anagrams

ambitimbat
Cite this entry
APA

timba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timba

MLA

“timba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timba. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timba,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timba.

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