merengue
English
Etymology
From American Spanish merengue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French meringue.
Pronunciation
Noun
merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues)
- (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
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- A song performed in this style.
- A dance to this style of music.
- 2011, Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, Latin Dance, →ISBN, page 86:
- If Trujillo said everybody had to dance the merengue, then everybody danced the merengue, for so feared was he by Dominicans that it was said that even a glance from him had the power to kill someone from across the street.
Verb
merengue (third-person singular simple present merengues, present participle merenguing, simple past and past participle merengued)
- (intransitive) To dance to merengue music.
French
Etymology
From Spanish merengue, itself borrowed from French meringue.
Noun
merengue m (plural merengues)
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
merengue m (uncountable)
merengue m or f (plural merengues)
- (soccer, attributive) A person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach etc.
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