TANGO
What does "TANGO" mean?
A passionate Argentine ballroom dance in 2/4 time, danced in close embrace.
Meanings
- A South American ballroom dance, marked by long gliding steps and abrupt pauses, danced by a couple in close hold. They learned the tango for their first dance.
- The music written for or in the style of this dance. A mournful tango drifted out of the cafe.
- To dance the tango. We tangoed badly but laughed the whole time.
- The code word for the letter 'T' in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Tango, Alpha, November - that spells the call sign. technical
Did you know?
- UNESCO added the tango to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, recognizing the dance born in the riverside slums of Buenos Aires and Montevideo as a shared human treasure.
Word origin
From Argentine Spanish 'tango', the dance born in the working-class barrios of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the late 19th century; the word's deeper origin is debated, possibly African.
Remember it
TANGO: think 'it takes two to tango' - two partners, two syllables, two-four time.
A little poem
One long glide, then the sudden stop-
her heel a comma in the floor,
the music holding its own breath.
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What it teaches
Connection is a conversation of weight: you cannot lead what you refuse to feel.
Quick facts
What does TANGO mean?
A passionate Argentine ballroom dance in 2/4 time, danced in close embrace.
Is TANGO a valid word?
Yes — TANGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TANGO?
TANGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TANGO come from?
From Argentine Spanish 'tango', the dance born in the working-class barrios of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the late 19th century; the word's deeper origin is debated, possibly African.
What can TANGO teach us?
Connection is a conversation of weight: you cannot lead what you refuse to feel.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.