tango

Meanings

Plural: tangoes, tangos

Noun

a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
music written in duple time for dancing the tango
A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
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
alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
A target; an enemy.

Verb

dance a tango
To dance the tango.
To mingle or interact (with each other).

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 6

tango is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tango is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tango is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

tango is a valid Words With Friends word