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tango

See also: Tango and tangó

Translingual edit

 

Noun edit

tango

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

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun edit

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

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)

  1. A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  2. (usually plural) A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
  3. A piece of music suited to such a dance.
  4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
    tango:  
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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."

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tangô

  1. a nod

Derived terms edit

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngo

Noun edit

tango

  1. a tooth with a single cusp; a cuspid; a canine
  2. a fang; a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or injecting venom
  3. 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 edit

tango

  1. to nod

Czech edit

Noun edit

tango n

  1. tango (Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango)

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Etymology edit

From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]

Noun edit

tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)

  1. tango

Inflection edit

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

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tango m (plural tango's)

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

Finnish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Argentine-Spanish tango.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tango

  1. tango

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tango m (plural tangos)

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: tango

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Verb edit

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tanguer

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

Noun edit

tango m (plural tanghi)

  1. tango

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangere

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

tango

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

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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

Conjugation edit

   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 edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • “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 edit

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tango n

  1. tango (ballroom dance)

Declension edit

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 edit

noun

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

 tango on Portuguese Wikipedia
 
tango

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

Noun edit

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)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

Romanian edit

Noun edit

tango n (plural tangouri)

  1. Obsolete form of tangou.

Declension edit

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 edit

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

Sambali edit

Noun edit

tangô

  1. nod

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)

  1. tango (dance)

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Spanish tango.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. (dance) tango

Declension edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

  • “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, 2024

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Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

tango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tangar

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tango (ma class, plural matango)

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: tangopepeta

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish tango.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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")]

Declension edit

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 edit

Anagrams edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

Derived terms edit

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tango

  1. (intransitive) to lie down

Conjugation edit

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 edit

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

Waray-Waray edit

Noun edit

tangó

  1. canine tooth
  2. tusk of animals
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