German word

Tango

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈtaŋgoː/

Meaning

  • masculine nountango

Example

Wir tanzen heute Abend einen Tango.

We're dancing a tango tonight.

Illustration for Tango (tango)

More examples

Auf der Milonga hörte man klassischen Tango.

At the milonga, people heard classical tango.

Core concept

A pair shares a close, guided walk in which weight shifts and pauses turn physical contact into dance.

Common phrases

  • einen Tango tanzen

    dance a tango

  • eine Tango-Milonga besuchen

    attend a tango milonga

  • Tango-Musik hören

    listen to tango music

Similar words

Tanz: Movement of the body in time with music.
Musik: An organized combination of vocal or instrumental sounds made for listening.

Definition in German

Tango ist ein Paartanz mit engem Körperkontakt und gehenden, geführten Schritten, bei dem Führung und Folge wichtig sind.

Word origin

German Tango is borrowed from Spanish tango, a name established for the dance and its music in the nineteenth-century Rio de la Plata region.

Usage tips

  • Tango is masculine in German: der Tango is nominative singular, den Tango is accusative singular, and die Tangos is plural.

Opposites

Related words

  • Tangomusikertango musiciannoun
  • Tangostiltango stylenoun
  • Tangokulturtango culturenoun

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