tango
noun
- flamenco palo or musical form, closely related in form and feeling to the rumba flamenca
- partner dance
- music genre
verb
- to dance the tango
- interaction marked by a lack of straightforwardness
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ / [ˈtʰæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯] / /ˈtæ̝ŋɡoʊ̯/
name
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tango, probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Japanese 丹後 (Tango), the name of an old province of central Japan.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).
- Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A target; an enemy.
“Tango down!”
“The two tangoes running toward the carnage at the prison door dropped simultaneously, dead in their tracks.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
- To dance the tango.
- To mingle or interact (with each other).
“Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.”