tango
See also: Tango and tangó
Translingual
Noun
tango
- Alternative letter-case form of Tango of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
Etymology 1
Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
Noun
Argentine tango (dance)
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1901-10-12, Flamenco Tango, Medina Vera
tango (plural tangos or tangoes)
- A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- (usually plural) A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
- A piece of music suited to such a dance.
- A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
- tango:
Translations
ballroom dance
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Verb
tango (third-person singular simple present tangoes, present participle tangoing, simple past and past participle tangoed)
- To dance the tango.
- (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.
- 2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs (page 67)
See also
- it takes two to tango
Etymology 2
From translingual Tango, representing the letter t, from English tango.
Noun
tango (plural tangos)
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) Target.
Anagrams
- Atong, Tonga, on tag, tag on, tonga
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧ngo
- IPA(key): /taˈŋoʔ/
Noun
tangô
- a nod
Derived terms
- magtango
- tanguan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧ngo
Noun
tango
- A tooth with a single cusp; a cuspid; a canine.
- A fang; a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or injecting venom.
- 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
tango
- To nod.
Czech
Noun
tango n
- tango (Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango)
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish tango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]
Noun
tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)
- tango
Inflection
Declension of tango
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tango | tangoen | tangoer | tangoerne |
| genitive | tangos | tangoens | tangoers | tangoernes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡoː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tan‧go
Noun
tango m (plural tango's)
- tango (Argentine-Uruguayan dance and musical style)
Finnish
Etymology
From Argentine-Spanish tango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋːo/, [ˈt̪ɑŋːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
- Syllabification(key): tan‧go
Noun
tango
- tango
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | tangoin | |
| abessive | tangotta | tangoitta | |
| comitative | — | tangoineen | |
| Possessive forms of tango (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tangoni | tangomme |
| 2nd person | tangosi | tangonne |
| 3rd person | tangonsa | |
Anagrams
- Tonga, togan, tonga
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Noun
tango m (plural tangos)
- tango (dance)
- tango (music)
Derived terms
- tango argentin
Descendants
- Turkish: tango
Further reading
- “tango”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtan.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Hyphenation: tàn‧go
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish tango.
Noun
tango m (plural tanghi)
- tango
Verb
tango
- first-person singular present indicative of tangere
Further reading
- tango in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Tonga
Japanese
Romanization
tango
- Rōmaji transcription of たんご
- Rōmaji transcription of タンゴ
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪äŋɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.ɡo/, [ˈt̪äŋɡo]
Verb
tangō (present infinitive tangere, perfect active tetigī, supine tāctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I touch, grasp.
- Nōlī mē tangere.
- Don't touch me.
- Nōlī mē tangere.
- (transitive) I reach, arrive at, come to a place.
- (transitive) I attain to.
- (transitive) I subtract, rob
- (transitive) I strike, beat, knock
- (transitive) I 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
- saepe tamen patriae dulcī tanguntur amōre
- (transitive) I bewitch, enchant, charm
- (transitive) I come home to.
Conjugation
| 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
- (touch): contingo, tempto
- (arrive): perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, prehendō
- (grasp): apiscor, prehenso, tempto, teneo
- (beat): ferio, percello, discutio, pulsō, ico, affligo, pello, percutiō, impingo, accido, caedo, verbero
- (affect): perpello
Derived terms
- attingō
- contingō
- obtingō
- pertingō
Related terms
- contāminō
- integer
- rem acū tetigistī, acū tetigistī
- tāctilis
- tāctus
- tagāx
- tangibilis
- taxō
Descendants
- Galician: tanguer
- Italian: tangere
- Spanish: tañer, → tangir (learned)
- Old Catalan: tànyer
- Portuguese: tanger
References
- “tango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tango in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) 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, 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
- the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.ɡɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋɡɔ
- Syllabification: tan‧go
Noun
tango n
- tango (ballroom dance)
Declension
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
noun
- białe tango
Further reading
- tango in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tango in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡu
- Hyphenation: tan‧go
Etymology 1
tango
Borrowed from Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language.
Noun
tango m (plural tangos)
- tango (ballroom dance)
- a style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)
Verb
tango
- first-person singular present indicative of tangar
Romanian
Noun
tango n (plural tangouri)
- Obsolete form of tangou.
Declension
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
- tango in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Sambali
Noun
tangô
- nod
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tânɡo/
- Hyphenation: tan‧go
Noun
tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)
- tango (dance)
Declension
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
Etymology
From Spanish tango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡɔ/
Noun
tango n (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangá, genitive plural táng, declension pattern of mesto)
- (dance) tango
Declension
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
- tangový
Further reading
- tango in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtanɡo/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡo]
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Syllabification: tan‧go
Etymology 1
Probably from a Niger-Congo language, but an onomatopoeic origin for the dance has been suggested as well.
Noun
tango m (plural tangos)
- tango (ballroom dance)
- a style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)
Derived terms
- tanguito
Descendants
- → English: tango
- → Polish: tango
- → Portuguese: tango
- → Swedish: tango
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tango
- first-person singular present indicative of tangar
Further reading
- “tango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- Tonga
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
tango (ma class, plural matango)
- cucumber
Swedish
Etymology
From Spanish tango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡʊ/
- Rhymes: -aŋɡʊ
Noun
tango c
- (dance) tango
Declension
| 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
- tango in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Anagrams
- antog
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central tango, Kapampangan tangu, and Maranao dango.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧ngo
- IPA(key): /taˈŋoʔ/, [tɐˈŋoʔ]
Noun
tangô
- nod; nodding (of the head)
- Synonym: pagtango
- (by extension) consent; agreement
- Synonyms: pagpayag, pagsang-ayon, pag-oo, pagpapahinuhod, pagpapaoo
Derived terms
- itango
- magpatango
- mapatango
- pagtango
- patango-tango
- patanguin
- tanguan
- tatango-tango
- tumango
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈta.ŋo]
Verb
tango
- (intransitive) to lie down
Conjugation
| 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
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Waray-Waray
Noun
tangó
- canine tooth
- tusk of animals