dansi
DAH-nsee
How to say it
SwahilidansiDAH-nseesoon
Englishdance; dance band musicsoon
Frenchdanse; musique de dansesoon
Meaning
Dancing, especially to modern popular music; muziki wa dansi is the Tanzanian and Congolese style of band music made for dancing.
Good to know
N class noun with no plural. Kucheza dansi is to dance and bendi ya dansi a dance band; ngoma is the word for traditional dance.
Examples
- Tulicheza dansi mpaka usiku wa manane.We danced until the middle of the night.
- Bendi hii inapiga muziki wa dansi kila Ijumaa.This band plays dance music every Friday.
- Ukumbi wa dansi ulijaa vijana.The dance hall was full of young people.
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