tango

Examples

• All

• Ten percent represented other distinctive Latin American styles, such as Brazilian samba and Argentinian tango.

  Academic text (1991)

• Of all the tangos, one was my absolute favorite.

  Academic text (2007)

• I know how much you like the tango so much, so I made a tape of those songs that you like the most.

  Flawless (1999)

• We took a tango lesson.

  Cupids on Beacon Street (2021)

• There is a festive air; the guard is whistling a tango and even asks me if I need anything.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, maybe you know Argentina because of the tango, the soccer or the meat.

  Arduino

• Lara did not only compose boleros, but also tangos, danzones, claves, waltzes, and other genres.

  Academic text (1996)

• The musicians played a lively tango that filled the dance floor with energy.

• During the festival, we enjoyed beautiful performances of tango music and dance.

Synonyms

D

dance music

vstango

16 1.4

Music with a strong beat that people dance to at parties

is a specific Argentine duple-time style tied to a partnered social movement

Idioms

I

it takes two to tango

• Informal

7.1

Both people share the blame for a problem

Compounds

H

horizontal tango

• NSFW

9.8

A joking way to talk about sex between two people or close dancing

W

whiskey tango foxtrot

• Offensive

9.9

A phrase people say as a joke when they feel shocked or confused

Surface Forms

Etymology