English Explanatory Dictionary

tango

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  2. A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
  3. A piece of music suited to such a dance.
  4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
verb
  1. To dance the tango.
  2. To mingle or interact (with each other).
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  2. A target; an enemy.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ [ˈtʰæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯] /ˈtæ̝ŋɡoʊ̯/ [ˈtʰæ̝ŋɡoʊ̯] /ˈtæ̝ŋɡɔʊ̯/ [ˈtʰæ̝ŋɡɔʊ̯] /ˈteɪ̯ŋɡoʊ̯/ [ˈteɪ̯ŋɡoʊ̯] /ˈtɛ̃ŋɡoʊ̯/ [ˈtʰɛ̃ŋɡoʊ̯] /ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʉ̯/ [ˈtʰæ̞ŋɡəʉ̯] /ˈtæ̞ŋɡɐ̞ʉ̯/ [ˈtʰæ̞ŋɡɐ̞ʉ̯] En-au-tango.ogg

Word forms

tango tangos tangoes tangoing tangoed

Etymology

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

Related words

it takes two to tango

Derived words

electrotango horizontal tango neotango tangoist tangolike tango uniform wango tango whiskey tango foxtrot
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