noun / verb
tango
TANG-goh/ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
A dramatic ballroom dance of Argentine origin, or performing it.
The partners dance a tango in a close embrace.
Etymology
Spanish tango originally named an African–South American drum dance; the name later came to denote the ballroom partner dance. Its deeper ancestry is probably in a Niger-Congo language.
In context
they do all these things you know in tango I see these older couples dancing the whole social whole time with each other and they are trickier dances because in tango for example is months just walking
More examples
- They learned the tango together.
- She tangoed with an experienced partner.
- The band played a slow tango.
Forms
tango · tangos · tangoed · tangoing
Similar words
- dance
- The broader activity rather than this particular form.