tango
English
/ˈtæŋɡəʊ/, /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- A piece of music suited to such a dance.
- The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- (slang) enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian tango (tango).
Origin
Spanish
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Gloss
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tangoist English
- tangolike English
- tango Finnish
- Tango German
- tango Italian
- tango Dutch, Flemish
- танго Russian
- tango Spanish, Castilian
- tanguero Spanish, Castilian
- tangar Portuguese
- tango Portuguese
- tango Swedish
- tango Polish
- tangó Irish
- tango Danish
- tanggo Cebuano
- tanggo Tagalog
- 探戈 Chinese
- tango Slovak