tango

See also tangò, tangó, and Tango

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Etymology

Argentine-Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).

Noun

Argentine tango (dance)

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)

1. A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
2. The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
3. (slang) enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine

   tango colour:

Translations

ballroom dance

• Arabic: تانغو (ar) (tánghuu, tángo) m
• Armenian: տանգո (hy) (tango)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 探戈舞 (cmn) (tàngēwǔ)

• Czech: tango (cs) n
• Finnish: tango (fi)
• French: tango (fr) m
• German: Tango (de) m

• Hungarian: tangó (hu)
• Irish: tangó (ga) m
• Japanese: タンゴ (ja) (tango)
• Russian: танго (ru) (tángo) n (indeclinable)
• Slovak: tango (sk)
• Spanish: tango (es) m
• Turkish: tango (tr)

letter T in ICAO spelling alphabet

• Estonian: Tango (et)
• Finnish: Tyyne (fi)

• Russian: Тамара (ru) (Tamara), Татьяна (ru) (Tatʹjana)
• Spanish: Tarragona (es), Teruel (es)

letter T in NATO phonetic alphabet

• Finnish: Tyyne (fi)

(slang) terrorist

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• French: tango m (2,3)

Verb

tango (third-person singular simple present tangoes, present participle tangoing, simple past and past participle tangoed)

1. To dance the tango.
2. (slang) To handle, to flirt with, to deal with.

See also

• it takes two to tango

Anagrams

• tonga, Tonga

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Czech

Noun

tango n

1. tango (Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango)

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Danish

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Etymology

From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]

Noun

tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)

1. tango

Inflection

    Inflection of tango

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tango	tangoen	tangoer	tangoerne
genitive	tangos	tangoens	tangoers	tangoernes

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈt̪ɑŋːo̞]
• Hyphenation: tan‧go

Noun

tango

1. tango

Declension

Declension of tango (type valo) singular plural nominative tango tangot genitive tangon tangojen partitive tangoa tangoja accusative tango tangon tangot inessive tangossa tangoissa elative tangosta tangoista illative tangoon tangoihin adessive tangolla tangoilla ablative tangolta tangoilta allative tangolle tangoille essive tangona tangoina translative tangoksi tangoiksi instructive – tangoin abessive tangotta tangoitta comitative – tangoineen

Anagrams

• togan, Tonga, tonga

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑ̃.ɡo/, X-SAMPA: /tA~.go/

Noun

tango m (plural tangos)

1. tango (dance)

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Italian

Verb

tango

1. first-person singular present indicative of tangere

Noun

tango m (plural tanghi)

1. tango

Anagrams

• Tonga

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *taǵ- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”), Tocharian B tek-, tak- `touch', B teteka. More at thack, thwack.

Verb

present active tangō, present infinitive tangere, perfect active tetigī, supine tāctum.

1. (transitive) I touch, grasp.

   Noli me tangere.

   Don't touch me.

2. (transitive) I reach, arrive at.
3. (transitive) I attain to.
4. (transitive) I move, affect.
5. (transitive) I come home to.

Inflection

Reduplicative Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tangō	tangis	tangit	tangimus	tangitis	tangunt
	future	tangam	tangēs	tanget	tangēmus	tangētis	tangent
	imperfect	tangēbam	tangēbās	tangēbat	tangēbāmus	tangēbātis	tangēbant
	perfect	tetigī	tetigistī	tetigit	tetigimus	tetigistis	tetigērunt
	future perfect	tetigerō	tetigeris	tetigerit	tetigerimus	tetigeritis	tetigerint
	pluperfect	tetigeram	tetigerās	tetigerat	tetigerāmus	tetigerātis	tetigerant
passive	present	tangor	tangeris	tangitur	tangimur	tangiminī	tanguntur
	future	tangar	tangēris	tangētur	tangēmur	tangēminī	tangentur
	imperfect	tangēbar	tangēbāris	tangēbātur	tangēbāmur	tangēbāminī	tangēbantur
	perfect	Use tāctus m, tācta f, tāctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use tāctus m, tācta f, tāctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tāctus m, tācta f, tāctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tangam	tangās	tangat	tangāmus	tangātis	tangant
	imperfect	tangerem	tangerēs	tangeret	tangerēmus	tangerētis	tangerent
	perfect	tetigerim	tetigerīs	tetigerit	tetigerīmus	tetigerītis	tetigerint
	pluperfect	tetigissem	tetigissēs	tetigisset	tetigissēmus	tetigissētis	tetigissent
passive	present	tangar	tangāris	tangātur	tangāmur	tangāminī	tangantur
	imperfect	tangerer	tangerēris	tangerētur	tangerēmur	tangerēminī	tangerentur
	perfect	Use tāctus m, tācta f, tāctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tāctus m, tācta f, tāctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	tange	tangitō	tangitō	tangere	tangitor	tangitor
	plural	tangite	tangitōte	tanguntō	tangiminī	—	tanguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tangere	tetigisse	tāctūrus esse	tangī	tāctus esse	tāctum īrī
participles		tangēns (tangentis)	—	tāctūrus-ra, -rum	—	tāctus-a, -um	tangendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• rem acū tetigistī, acū tetigistī
• tāctilis
• tangibilis
• taxō

Descendants

• English: tangible, tangent
• Italian: tangere
• Spanish: tañer, tangir

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tânɡo/
• Hyphenation: tan‧go

Noun

tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)

1. tango (dance)

Declension

    declension of tango

	singular	plural
nominative	tȁngo	tanga
genitive	tȁnga	tanga
dative	tangu	tangima
accusative	tango	tanga
vocative	tango	tanga
locative	tangu	tangima
instrumental	tangom	tangima

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Spanish

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Noun

tango m (plural tangos)

1. tango (ballroom dance)
2. a style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)

Derived terms

• tanguito

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Swahili

Noun

tango

1. cucumber