merengue
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- noun
- /məˈrɛŋɡeɪ/
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merengue
- As many of you know, the merengue is the national dance of the Dominican Republic.
- merengue Cibaeno
- merengue Cibaena
- Trujillo merengues
Examples
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Eventually, the merengue started.
Fiction book (1995) -
Everyone enjoyed dancing the merengue during the festival in Santo Domingo.
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Tonight we are going to attempt the merengue.
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I'm only interested in merengue.
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There's a merengue class in the gazebo in the next few minutes.
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She can't even do the merengue.
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I played an Elvis Crespo merengue; they didn't dance, but they started moving a bit.
Academic text (2006) -
(CHUCKLES) I got this bed for my girlfriend, and ever since, we dance the mambo and merengue every night.
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In the process, Alberti eliminated the accordion, thereby transforming the merengue into something quite new and different: refined, sophisticated, and appropriate for the elite ballroom context.
Academic text (1993) -
At the party, we learned how to do the merengue with its upbeat music and simple steps.
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Etymology
Merengue may come from the Caribbean name for a dance or from the French dessert meringue. One popular way to remember it is to think of the dance as light and bouncy like the 'sweet' white foam of the dessert, so the name fits the fast, lively music and simple steps.