Tango
/ˈtæŋɡoʊ/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
- 3 a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin wordnet
- 4 A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
- 5 A target; an enemy. US, slang
"Tango down!"
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- 6 music written in duple time for dancing the tango wordnet
- 7 A piece of music suited to such a dance.
- 8 A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
Verb
- 1 To dance the tango.
- 2 dance a tango wordnet
- 3 To mingle or interact (with each other). intransitive, slang
"Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
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More examples"My favorite dance is the tango."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
Etymology 2
From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).
Etymology 3
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tango, probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Japanese 丹後 (Tango), the name of an old province of central Japan.