merengue

English

Etymology

From American Spanish merengue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French meringue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/

Noun

merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues)

1. (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
2. A song performed in this style.
3. 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)

1. (intransitive) To dance to merengue music.

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French

Etymology

From Spanish merengue, itself borrowed from French meringue.

Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)

1. (music) merengue

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Spanish

Etymology

From French meringue

Noun

merengue m (uncountable)

1. A type of music common in the Caribbean
2. meringue
3. wuss; wimp

merengue m or f (plural merengues)

1. (soccer, attributive) A person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach etc.

Related terms

• merenguero