tango

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See also: Tango and tangó

Translingual

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Noun

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tango

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

English

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun

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

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)

  1. (dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  2. (dance) A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
  3. (music) A piece of music suited to such a dance.
  4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
    tango:  
Usage notes
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  • The name of the flamenco dance may be written tangos.
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Translations
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Verb

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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.
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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."

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tangô

  1. a nod

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋo/ [ˈt̪a.ŋo]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngo

Noun

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tango (Badlit spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) a tooth with a single cusp; a cuspid; a canine
    Coordinate terms: unto, bangkil, bag-ang
  2. (zoology) a fang; a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or injecting venom
  3. (zoology) 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
  4. cog of gears

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Verb

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tango (Badlit spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)

  1. to nod

Czech

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Noun

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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

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From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]

Noun

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tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)

  1. tango

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tango m (plural tango's)

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Argentine-Spanish tango.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tango

  1. tango

Declension

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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

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French

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Noun

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tango m (plural tangos)

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

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: tango

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Galician

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Verb

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tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tanguer

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish tango.

Noun

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tango m (plural tanghi)

  1. tango

Etymology 2

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Verb

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tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangere

Further reading

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

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Japanese

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Romanization

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tango

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

Latin

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Etymology

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    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.

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    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

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       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").

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    References

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    • “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

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish tango.

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    tango n

    1. tango (ballroom dance)

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    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

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    noun

    Further reading

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

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    tango

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

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    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)

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    Verb

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    tango

    1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

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    tango n (plural tangouri)

    1. Obsolete form of tangou.

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative tango tangoul tangouri tangourile
    genitive-dative tango tangoului tangouri tangourilor
    vocative tangoule tangourilor

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

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    Noun

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    tangô

    1. nod

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    Pronunciation

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

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    tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)

    1. tango (dance)

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    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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    Etymology

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    Derived from Spanish tango.

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

    1. (dance) tango

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

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    • “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, 2003–2024

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    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)
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    tango

    1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

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    Swahili

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    Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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    tango (ma class, plural matango)

    1. cucumber
      Synonym: tangopepeta

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Spanish tango.

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    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")]

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    Declension of tango
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite tango tangos
    definite tangon tangons
    plural indefinite tangor, tangoer, tangos tangors, tangoers, tangos
    definite tangorna, tangoernas tangornas, tangoernas

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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

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    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

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    Ternate

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    tango

    1. (intransitive) to lie down

    Conjugation

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    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

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

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    Noun

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    tangó

    1. canine tooth
    2. tusk of animals
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