conga
English
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A pair of congas.
Etymology
For the dance:
- Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: kängʹgə, IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
- Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
conga (plural congas)
- (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
- (dance) 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. [from 1935]
- 1979, John Storm Roberts, The Latin Tinge, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82:
- The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.
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Derived terms
- conga line
Translations
drum
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dance
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Verb
conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)
- To dance the conga.
See also
- bunny hop
Further reading
conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Cogan
Dutch
Etymology
Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: con‧ga
Noun
conga f (plural conga's)
- (music) A conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs).
- (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style).
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
conga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading
- “conga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cogna
Romanian
Etymology
From French conga.
Noun
conga f (uncountable)
- conga (drum)
- conga (dance)
Declension
declension of conga (singular only)
singular | ||
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) conga | conga |
genitive/dative | (unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]] | [[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]] |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkonɡa/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡa]
- Rhymes: -onɡa
- Syllabification: con‧ga
Noun
conga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading
- “conga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014