tango

/ˈtaŋɡəʊ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈtaŋɡəʊ/

tango

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

tan - go -> tango

Myanmar meaning

တောင်အမေရိကမှ အနှေးက ပုံစံတစ်မျိုး။ ၎င်းအတွက် တေးဂီတ။ တဲန်ရိုယာကသည်။

Full entry

tango /'tæŋgǝƱ/ n (pl -os /-gǝƱz/)

နှစ်ယောက်တွဲကရန် စည်းချက် ပြင်းသော တောင်အမေရိကတိုက် အကတစ်မျိုး။ ထိုတီးလုံး။ တန်ဂို။ dance/do the tango.
v (pt, pp -goed ; pres p -going ) တန်ဂိုကသည်။

More examples

‘The influences that gave rise to the tango in the streets of Buenos Aires range from the Cuban habanera to Sicilian folk song and dance.’
‘The waltz, foxtrot, tango and quickstep are danced in rapid-fire succession in each ballroom round while salsa steps up the beat to let Latin competitors loosen up a little and go through the paces of the rhumba, samba and cha cha.’
‘In the shack, they danced the tango, the polka and the swing.’
‘Women dance flamenco and tango and belly dancing.’
‘As in Argentina, the tango is a popular dance form.’
‘Argentine tango is a dance of the night - and passions that breed in the dark.’
‘He maintains that it takes at least ten years to learn how to dance a tango.’
‘It was also here that the music and dance of the tango, once described as vertical flirting, was born among the brothels and bordellos of Necochea, a street that today is lined with pizzerias, cantinas and gift shops.’
‘The next hour is spent dancing the tango, the waltz the rumba, the cha-cha and jive.’
‘Adults and children are well catered for in Saturday's packed workshop programme including samba drumming, bodhrán, African drumming, belly dancing, tango and salsa dancing.’
‘They've been tap dancing, doing the tango, body-popping, dancing the salsa - you name it, he's seen it.’
‘‘We had less experience at the beginning, so I choreographed rumbas, tangos, and bulerias because they were familiar, ’ he said.’
‘The polka and waltz are very popular, but Slovenes dance all major dances from the tango to the macarena.’
‘The Argentine tango originated in Buenos Aires at the turn of the last century.’
‘The bottle has quite a fancy label of a couple dancing the tango, which appears to move when you look at it from a different direction, which would suggest to me that this winemaker is very keen on the idea of exports.’
‘Silently, he stops and gazes at a painting of a man and woman dancing the tango underneath the umbrellas of their servants; the shopkeeper sees him, and she goes outside to talk with him.’
‘Young and old, they were dancing the tango together and singing their hearts out.’
‘His main recreation remains ballroom dancing - tango, cha cha and waltz being his specialities.’
‘Aside from a few moments of group dancing, the evening comprises tangos of varying temperaments, performed by one couple after another (seven in all) and individually choreographed by the performers.’
‘And while their environment may look European their spirit is Latin: people giggle in parks, dine out on great shanks of beef, dance the tango far into the night, and follow the passions of soccer.’

Synonyms

ballet, tap, jazz, salsa, foxtrot, waltz, rumba, bop, Charleston, bob, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit, foot it, frolic, gambol, get down, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter, jitterbug, jive, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, whirl

Cross references

ballet tap jazz salsa foxtrot waltz rumba bop Charleston bob boogie boogie down bunny hop caper careen cavort conga cut a rug disco flit foot it frolic gambol get down hoof it hop hustle jig

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