TANGO


Meaning of TANGO in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

dance a waltz/rumba/tango etc

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

dance

Madame Arcati was springing on to tables, falling backwards off stools and dancing eccentric tangos .

In the 1920s dresses were cut at the knee and dances such as the tango and Charleston required briefer cuts.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A little crowd was encouraging them while they performed what somebody told me was a tango .

Classes will be held daily from 8 to 10 p. m., followed by practice at local tango bars until midnight.

Nigel and Elinor practised the tango to work up some more passion.

Performance will be followed by a tango exhibition featuring Mara Luna y El Brujo, with dancing in the courtyard afterwards.

Take your little partner and dance and sing: anything from waltzes to tangos, nursery rhymes to blues and rock.

The itinerary includes a one-day city tour highlighting the history of the tango .

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But one thing is certainly true: Where two can tango , three almost always fail.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.