tango
IPA: tˈæŋgoʊ
noun
- A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- (usually plural) 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, law enforcement, slang) Target.
- A surname.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
verb
- To dance the tango.
- (slang, intransitive) To mingle or interact (with each other).
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Examples of "tango" in Sentences
- The reptile and the male began to dance a certain Latin tango ...
- Admirers of Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel pay homage to the Latin
- I began ballroom dance lessons three years ago and the tango is my favorite, especially the Argentine.
- For the characters who decamp from there to South America and for their descendants who later make the return trip, the tango is a leitmotif.
- Argentine tango is quite different from the ballroom-style tango I have been learning, but the idea of lead – follow is the same, regardless.
- The picture has a lush look but sees no need to be epic in scope; the group dance scene with the tango is just as 'alive' as anything in a Visconti movie.
- Admirers of Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel pay homage at his tomb on the 75th the anniversary of his death, in Buenos Aires, Thursday, June 24, 2010.
- Flowers and a drawing decorate a makeshift memorial to Latin American tango icon Carlos Gardel, at his tomb on the 75th the anniversary of his death, in Buenos Aires,
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