Tanda

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.

    "The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow."

  2. 2
    An informal money-pooling plan, in any of various Latin American countries, whose members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums.

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merry-go-round

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"The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanda (literally “turn”).

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