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tango

[tang-goh]

Origin

noun

a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.

music for this dance.

a word used in communications to represent the letter T.

verb (used without object)

to dance the tango.

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Origin:
1910–15; < American Spanish < ?

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tango (ˈtæŋɡəʊ)

—n , pl -gos
1.	a Latin American dance in duple time, characterized by long gliding steps and sudden pauses
2.	a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

—vb , -gos, -goes, -going, -goed
3.	(intr) to perform this dance

[C20: from American Spanish, probably of Niger-Congo origin; compare Ibibio tamgu to dance]

'tangoist

—n

Tango (ˈtæŋɡəʊ)

—n
	communications a code word for the letter t

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Word Origin & History

tango

syncopated ballroom dance, 1913, from Argentine Sp. tango, originally the name of an African-American drum dance, probably from a Niger-Congo language (cf. Ibibio tamgu "to dance"). Phrase it takes two to tango was a song title from 1952.

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