tango
A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 timeA standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
5 sensesA standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
Tango
та́нгоtángo
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
A piece of music suited to such a dance.
A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
(US, slang)A target; an enemy.
Tango down!
Examples
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Origin
Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare IbiBorrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).
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