Meaning

2 senses

  1. To dance the tango.

    dance a tango

  2. (intransitive, slang)To mingle or interact (with each other).

Examples

52 sentences

  1. Who taught you to tango?

    Хто тебе навчив танцювати танго? — deniko

    ruКто научил тебя танцевать танго? — odexed

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  2. Could you please play a tango?

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  3. Tom wants to learn to tango.

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  4. Tom wanted to learn to tango.

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  5. Tom wants to learn how to tango.

    ruТом хочет научиться танцевать танго. — marafon

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Origin

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibi

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).

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Forms

tangoes, tangoing, tangoed, tangoed
Base formtango · to tango
3rd person singulartangoes
Present participletangoing
Past simpletangoed
Past participletangoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytango
he, she, ittangoes

Past simpleLesson

all personstangoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tangoed
he, she, ithas tangoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tango

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tangibletangleC1tangytaniatankB1
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