tango

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See also: Tango and tangó

Translingual[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tango of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun[edit]

Argentine tango (dance)
1901-10-12, Flamenco Tango, Medina Vera

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)

  1. A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  2. (usually plural) A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
  3. A piece of music suited to such a dance.
  4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
    tango:  
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. To dance the tango.
  2. (slang, intransitive) To mingle or interact (with each other).
    • 2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67:
      Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).

Noun[edit]

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)

  1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. (US, law enforcement, military slang) A target; an enemy.
    Tango down!
    • 2005, Charles W. Sasser, Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 370:
      The two tangoes running toward the carnage at the prison door dropped simultaneously, dead in their tracks.
    • 2017, Beth Rhodes, Strike Zone, →ISBN, page 210:
      The sharp crack of breaking glass preceded Emily's calm voice. "One tango dead and Marcus is down, John."

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngo
  • IPA(key): /taˈŋoʔ/, [taˈŋoʔ]

Noun[edit]

tangô

  1. a nod

Derived terms[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngo

Noun[edit]

tango

  1. a tooth with a single cusp; a cuspid; a canine
  2. a fang; a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or injecting venom
  3. a tusk; one of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as a walrus, elephant or wild boar

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. to nod

Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango n

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

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]

Noun[edit]

tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)

  1. tango

Inflection[edit]

Declension of tango
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tango tangoen tangoer tangoerne
genitive tangos tangoens tangoers tangoernes

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡoː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: tan‧go

Noun[edit]

tango m (plural tango's)

  1. tango (Argentine-Uruguayan dance and musical style)

Finnish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Argentine-Spanish tango.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋːo/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ŋːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
  • Syllabification(key): tan‧go

Noun[edit]

tango

  1. tango

Declension[edit]

Inflection of tango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tango tangot
genitive tangon tangojen
partitive tangoa tangoja
illative tangoon tangoihin
singular plural
nominative tango tangot
accusative nom. tango tangot
gen. tangon
genitive tangon tangojen
partitive tangoa tangoja
inessive tangossa tangoissa
elative tangosta tangoista
illative tangoon tangoihin
adessive tangolla tangoilla
ablative tangolta tangoilta
allative tangolle tangoille
essive tangona tangoina
translative tangoksi tangoiksi
abessive tangotta tangoitta
instructive — tangoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tangoni tangoni
accusative nom. tangoni tangoni
gen. tangoni
genitive tangoni tangojeni
partitive tangoani tangojani
inessive tangossani tangoissani
elative tangostani tangoistani
illative tangooni tangoihini
adessive tangollani tangoillani
ablative tangoltani tangoiltani
allative tangolleni tangoilleni
essive tangonani tangoinani
translative tangokseni tangoikseni
abessive tangottani tangoittani
instructive — —
comitative — tangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tangosi tangosi
accusative nom. tangosi tangosi
gen. tangosi
genitive tangosi tangojesi
partitive tangoasi tangojasi
inessive tangossasi tangoissasi
elative tangostasi tangoistasi
illative tangoosi tangoihisi
adessive tangollasi tangoillasi
ablative tangoltasi tangoiltasi
allative tangollesi tangoillesi
essive tangonasi tangoinasi
translative tangoksesi tangoiksesi
abessive tangottasi tangoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tangomme tangomme
accusative nom. tangomme tangomme
gen. tangomme
genitive tangomme tangojemme
partitive tangoamme tangojamme
inessive tangossamme tangoissamme
elative tangostamme tangoistamme
illative tangoomme tangoihimme
adessive tangollamme tangoillamme
ablative tangoltamme tangoiltamme
allative tangollemme tangoillemme
essive tangonamme tangoinamme
translative tangoksemme tangoiksemme
abessive tangottamme tangoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tangonne tangonne
accusative nom. tangonne tangonne
gen. tangonne
genitive tangonne tangojenne
partitive tangoanne tangojanne
inessive tangossanne tangoissanne
elative tangostanne tangoistanne
illative tangoonne tangoihinne
adessive tangollanne tangoillanne
ablative tangoltanne tangoiltanne
allative tangollenne tangoillenne
essive tangonanne tangoinanne
translative tangoksenne tangoiksenne
abessive tangottanne tangoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tangoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tangonsa tangonsa
accusative nom. tangonsa tangonsa
gen. tangonsa
genitive tangonsa tangojensa
partitive tangoaan
tangoansa 		tangojaan
tangojansa
inessive tangossaan
tangossansa 		tangoissaan
tangoissansa
elative tangostaan
tangostansa 		tangoistaan
tangoistansa
illative tangoonsa tangoihinsa
adessive tangollaan
tangollansa 		tangoillaan
tangoillansa
ablative tangoltaan
tangoltansa 		tangoiltaan
tangoiltansa
allative tangolleen
tangollensa 		tangoilleen
tangoillensa
essive tangonaan
tangonansa 		tangoinaan
tangoinansa
translative tangokseen
tangoksensa 		tangoikseen
tangoiksensa
abessive tangottaan
tangottansa 		tangoittaan
tangoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tangoineen
tangoinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango m (plural tangos)

  1. tango (dance)
  2. tango (music)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: tango

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tanguer

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

Noun[edit]

tango m (plural tanghi)

  1. tango

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangere

Further reading[edit]

  • tango in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tango

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんご
  2. Rōmaji transcription of タンゴ

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō), τεταγών (tetagṓn),[1] Old English þaccian (“to touch, pat”). More at thack, thwack.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tangō (present infinitive tangere, perfect active tetigī, supine tāctum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to touch, grasp
    Nōlī mē tangere.
    Don't touch me.
  2. (transitive) to reach, arrive at, come to a place
  3. (transitive) to attain to
  4. (transitive) to subtract, rob
  5. (transitive) to strike, beat, knock
  6. (transitive) to move, affect, influence
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.653:
      saepe tamen patriae dulcī tanguntur amōre
      Yet often they are moved by sweet love of [their] native land
  7. (transitive) to bewitch, enchant, charm
  8. (transitive) to come home to

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of tangō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tangō tangis tangit tangimus tangitis tangunt
imperfect tangēbam tangēbās tangēbat tangēbāmus tangēbātis tangēbant
future tangam tangēs tanget tangēmus tangētis tangent
perfect tetigī tetigistī tetigit tetigimus tetigistis tetigērunt,
tetigēre
pluperfect tetigeram tetigerās tetigerat tetigerāmus tetigerātis tetigerant
future perfect tetigerō tetigeris tetigerit tetigerimus tetigeritis tetigerint
sigmatic future1 tāxō tāxis tāxit tāximus tāxitis tāxint
passive present tangor tangeris,
tangere 		tangitur tangimur tangiminī tanguntur
imperfect tangēbar tangēbāris,
tangēbāre 		tangēbātur tangēbāmur tangēbāminī tangēbantur
future tangar tangēris,
tangēre 		tangētur tangēmur tangēminī tangentur
perfect tāctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tāctus + future active 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
sigmatic aorist1 tāxim tāxīs tāxīt tāxīmus tāxītis tāxint
passive present tangar tangāris,
tangāre 		tangātur tangāmur tangāminī tangantur
imperfect tangerer tangerēris,
tangerēre 		tangerētur tangerēmur tangerēminī tangerentur
perfect tāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tange — — tangite —
future — tangitō tangitō — tangitōte tanguntō
passive present — tangere — — tangiminī —
future — tangitor tangitor — — tanguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tangere tetigisse tāctūrum esse tangī tāctum esse tāctum īrī
participles tangēns — tāctūrus — tāctus tangendus,
tangundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tangendī tangendō tangendum tangendō tāctum tāctū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “tango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tango in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “tango”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
    • to be struck by lightning: fulmine tangi, ici
    • to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
    • the country-house stands near the road: villa tangit viam
    • to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: tangere, attingere terram
    • to touch briefly on a thing: breviter tangere, attingere aliquid
    • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid
    • you have hit the nail on the head: rem acu tetigisti
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango n

  1. tango (ballroom dance)

Declension[edit]

Declension of tango
singular plural
nominative tango tanga
genitive tanga tang
dative tangu tangom
accusative tango tanga
instrumental tangiem tangami
locative tangu tangach
vocative tango tanga

Derived terms[edit]

noun

Further reading[edit]

  • tango in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tango in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

 tango on Portuguese Wikipedia
tango

Borrowed from Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language.

Noun[edit]

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)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango n (plural tangouri)

  1. Obsolete form of tangou.

Declension[edit]

Declension of tango
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tango tangoul (niște) tangouri tangourile
genitive/dative (unui) tango tangoului (unor) tangouri tangourilor
vocative tangoule tangourilor

References[edit]

  • tango in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sambali[edit]

Noun[edit]

tangô

  1. nod

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tânɡo/
  • Hyphenation: tan‧go

Noun[edit]

tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)

  1. tango (dance)

Declension[edit]

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

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Spanish tango.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango n (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangá, genitive plural táng, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. (dance) tango

Declension[edit]

Declension of tango
singular plural
nominative tango tangá
genitive tanga táng
dative tangu tangám
accusative tango tangá
locative tangu tangách
instrumental tangom tangami

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “tango”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanɡo/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡo
  • Syllabification: tan‧go

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably from a Niger-Congo language, but an onomatopoeic origin for the dance has been suggested as well.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Swahili[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango (ma class, plural matango)

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: tangopepeta

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tango c

  1. (dance) tango
    att dansa tango
    to tango ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish (including for dances that end in "-dans")]

Declension[edit]

Declension of tango 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tango tangon tangor, tangoer, tangos tangorna, tangoernas
Genitive tangos tangons tangors, tangoers, tangos tangornas, tangoernas

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Bikol Central tango, Kapampangan tangu, and Maranao dango.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taˈŋoʔ/, [tɐˈŋoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngo

Noun[edit]

tangô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)

  1. nod; nodding (of the head)
    Synonym: pagtango
  2. (by extension) consent; agreement
    Synonyms: pagpayag, pagsang-ayon, pag-oo, pagpapahinuhod, pagpapaoo

Derived terms[edit]

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tango

  1. (intransitive) to lie down

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of tango
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totango fotango mitango
2nd notango nitango
3rd Masculine otango itango, yotango†
Feminine motango
Neuter itango
† - archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waray-Waray[edit]

Noun[edit]

tangó

  1. canine tooth
  2. tusk of animals
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