conga
English edit
Etymology edit
For the dance:
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: kängʹgə, IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
- Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
drum
dance
Verb edit
conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)
- To dance the conga.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
conga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading edit
- “conga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
conga f (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
conga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading edit
- “conga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014