dos a dos
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.
- (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.
Adverb
editdos a dos (not comparable)
- Back to back.
- to sit dos a dos on a camel
- to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back
See also
editSpanish
editAdverb
editFurther reading
edit- “dos a dos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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