Zumba is a kind of fitness class where you exercise by dancing, usually to Latin American music — salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton. An instructor stands at the front and you copy the steps; nobody expects you to be a good dancer, and that is part of why it became popular with people who find the gym boring. It began in Colombia in the 1990s and spread worldwide in the 2000s, and in Taiwan you will see it on the class list at almost any gym, community centre or 社區活動中心.

Zumba isZumba是 a kind of fitness class一種健身課程 where you exercise by dancing透過跳舞來運動, usually to Latin American music通常配拉丁美洲音樂 — salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton騷莎、梅倫格、坎比亞、雷鬼動。An instructor stands at the front教練站在前面 and而 you copy the steps你跟著動作跳; nobody expects you to be a good dancer沒有人期待你要跳得很好, and而 that is part of why it became popular這也是為什麼它會受到歡迎的原因之一 with people who find the gym boring跟覺得健身房很無聊的人。It began in Colombia in the 1990s它起源於1990年代的哥倫比亞 and而 spread worldwide in the 2000s在2000年代傳遍全世界, and而 in Taiwan在台灣，you will see it on the class list你幾乎...都會看到它在課表上 at almost any gym, community centre or 社區活動中心在任何健身房、社區中心，或社區活動中心。

Grammatically it behaves as an uncountable noun: you do Zumba, you go to Zumba, you take a Zumba class. You cannot say 'a Zumba' or 'two Zumbas' — say 'a Zumba class' instead. It is also used before another noun: Zumba instructor, Zumba class, Zumba video.

Grammatically it behaves as an uncountable noun文法上它是不可數名詞：you do Zumbayou do Zumba, you go to Zumbayou go to Zumba, you take a Zumba classyou take a Zumba class。You cannot say不能說 'a Zumba' or 'two Zumbas''a Zumba'或'two Zumbas'——say要說 'a Zumba class' instead'a Zumba class'才對。It is also used before another noun它也可以放在另一個名詞前面：Zumba instructorZumba instructor, Zumba classZumba class, Zumba videoZumba video。

One thing to know: Zumba is a registered trademark, and officially only licensed instructors can call their class that. In real speech people ignore this and use Zumba loosely for any dance-exercise class, the way people say 'Google it' for any web search. The word is usually written with a capital Z because it is a brand name, though you will see small z in casual writing.

One thing to know有一件事要知道：Zumba is a registered trademarkZumba是註冊商標, and而 officially only licensed instructors can call their class that正式來說只有拿到授權的教練才能把自己的課叫做這個名字。In real speech但在實際講話裡，people ignore this大家會忽略這一點, and而 use Zumba loosely for any dance-exercise class鬆散地把Zumba用在任何跳舞健身課上, the way people say 'Google it' for any web search就跟大家把'Google it'用在任何網路搜尋一樣。The word is usually written with a capital Z這個字通常會大寫Z, because it is a brand name因為它是品牌名, though但 you will see small z in casual writing在比較隨性的寫法裡你也會看到小寫z。