conga

English

Etymology

For the dance:

• Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”) [from 1935], so-called for being assumedly of sub-Saharan African origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
• enPR: kängʹgə, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
• Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conga (plural congas)

1. a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin
2. a march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain

Derived terms

• conga line

Translations

drum

• Catalan: conga (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: congarumpu
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• Macedonian: конга f (konga)
• Russian: ко́нга (ru) f (kónga)
• Spanish: conga f, tambó m, tumbadora (es) f
• Swedish: congas (sv) c pl, congatrumma c, conga (sv) c

dance

• Catalan: conga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: conga
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• French: conga (fr) f
• Spanish: conga f
• Swedish: conga (sv) c, congadans c

Verb

conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)

1. To dance the conga.

See also

• bunny hop

Anagrams

• Cogan

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French

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

Further reading

• “conga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cogna

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Spanish

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)