# Rueda de Casino

Rueda de Casino is a way of dancing Cuban salsa where pairs form a circle (in Spanish, rueda means "wheel"), and partners frequently swap. A cantante (Spanish for "singer") gives commands. This list is a quick lookup to remind yourself of the commands - click on the names of the moves to see more complete descriptions.
Please also help to make this wikibook educational and interesting, by adding new commands and editing the existing commands.

## All Moves

| Name | translation | description | related figures |
| Abajo | Down | Walk backwards | Una Abajo, Arriba, Centro, Tarrito |
| Abanico | Fan (as in fanning air) | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) Sombrero, turn girl, then ronde. | Sombrero, Ronde |
| Adiós | bye | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) Command for changing the direction in the cadena. | Cadena, Centro, Prima |
| Alarde | show off | | Croqueta |
| Amarillo | Yellow | Turn to the right, push her hand, duck under your left, push her hand, back to Guapea | Guapea |
| Arriba | Up | Walk forwards | Abajo, Centro, Dame, Tarrito |
| Azuquita | | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) video | |
| Barrera | barrier | | Centro |
| Benjamín | benjamin, youngest son | | Mambo, Tango |
| Beso | kiss | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | |
| Biquini | bikini | chicos también - span. for "guys as well". | |
| Cadena | chain | | Adiós, Directo, Prima |
| Candela | Flame | 3 sets of claps | Guapea |
| Centro | middle | | Arriba, Abajo, Cadena, Tarrito |
| Cero | zero | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Ocho, Prima Centro con Dos |
| Chicos/Chicas | guys/ladies | | |
| Cien | hundred | | Noventa |
| Complícate o Complicado | "complicate yourself" or "complicated" | | |
| Croqueta | croquette | | Enchufa |
| Cruce | cross | mpg video | |
| Cuatro | four | | Dos, Tres, Una |
| Cubano | Cuban | Leaders move side to side in front of followers | El Dos, Enchufa |
| Dame | Give me (one) | video (Media Noche). Move on to the next follower | Tarrito, Cucaracha |
| Dame Dos | Give me two | video (Media Noche). The same as dame, but miss out a partner | Dame Tres |
| Dame Otra | Give me another | video (Media Noche). Identical to dame | No Me Gusta |
| Dame Tres | Give me three | The same as dame, but miss out two partners | Dame Dos |
| Dame Una | Give me one | The same as dame | No Me Gusta |
| Derecha | right | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Izquierda |
| Dile Que No | Tell her no | video (Media Noche). Cross body step | None |
| Directo | directly | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Mentira |
| Doble o Dos | "double" or "two" | | Enchufa |
| Drácula | Dracula | | Enchufa, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| El Dedo | The finger | video (Media Noche). Right-to-right, follower turns right, left, leader turns right, Enchufa then Dile Que No. | En Loji, Montaña |
| El Pozo | The well | Bring up water from a well | None |
| Enchufa | Plug her | video (Media Noche). Follower's left turn and leaders move to the next follower. | Enchufa Doble, Enchufa y Sacla, Enchufa para Arriba, Enchufa con Rounded, Dile Que No |
| Enchufa con Viaje | Connect her, with a journey | Enchufa, then miss out one follower while you turn twice | Enchufa |
| Enchufa Doble Sácala Doble | Connect her twice, take her out twice | Enchufa Doble, then the leader changes hands, and makes the follower do a right turn in the centre, twice. | Enchufa Doble |
| Exhíbala | Exhibit her | video (Media Noche). The follower turns in the centre, then back out | Abajo, Arriba, Para el Medio |
| Farolero | show off | | Havana |
| Flor | flower | | Levántala, Prima Centro con Dos |
| Fly | spanglish: a fly | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) a fuera - span. for to the outside; al suelo - span. for "to the floor" video (Media Noche); al medio - span. for in the middle video (Media Noche) | Pelota |
| Frankenstein | | | Enchufa, Drácula, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Fuente | fountain | | Croqueta |
| Fuera | outside | | Fly |
| Guapea | | video (Media Noche). Basic step | Dame, Dile Que No, Enchufa |
| Giro | turn | | |
| Havana | | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Farolero |
| Izquierda | left | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Derecha |
| Kentucky | | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | |
| Levántala | lift her up | | Flor, Prima Centro con Dos |
| Mambo | mambo [dance] | | Tango |
| Medio | middle | | Fly |
| Mentira | lie | see in (Salsa Lust) | Directo |
| Mira la Bonita | look at the beautiful lady | | |
| No Me Gusta | I don't like this | Repeat the previous move | None |
| Noventa | ninety | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Ochenta, Cien |
| Ochenta | eighty | see in (Salsa Lust) | Sesenta, Noventa |
| Ocho | eight | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Prima Centro con Dos, Cero |
| Otra | another | video (Media Noche) | |
| Panqueque | pancake | see in (Salsa Lust) | |
| Para el Medio | To the middle | Step to the middle of the circle | Enchufa, Treinta y Tres, Flor, Levántanla |
| Paseándola | passing her | see in (Salsa Lust) | |
| Patín | Skate | Enchufa, leaders meet in the middle, skate to the right then left, and meet the next follower | Enchufa |
| Pelota | Ball | video (Media Noche). Stamp twice then clap twice | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Peluqería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Pelota Loca | Crazy ball | video (Media Noche). Enchufa then stamp, clap, stamp, clap, stamp, clap, clap clap | Pelota, Enchufa |
| Peluquería | barber's shop | | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Policía | police | | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Prima | female cousin | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Flor, Levántala, Ocho, Cero |
| Príncipe Bueno | good prince | see in (Salsa Lust) | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Príncipe Malo | bad prince | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Spaghetti |
| Recoge un Kilo | take a kilo | video | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Spaghetti |
| Salúdate | | | |
| Setenta | seventy | Cuban: video (Media Noche), Miami: video (Media Noche) | Ochenta |
| Sombrero | Hat | video (Media Noche). Hold both hands, right over left, and turn her to her left, then move your left arm over your head, and your right over hers | Noventa |
| Spaghetti - or espagueti, since most Spanish speaking people cannot pronounce sp or st at the beginning of a word | | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo |
| Suelo | floor | video (Media Noche) | Fly |
| Tango | | con giro - with turn. | Mambo, Benjamín |
| Tarrito | Cheat on her (literally small horn) | video (Media Noche). Lift your left arm and walk under it to the next follower | Dame |
| Tres | three | | Cuatro, Dos, Una |
| Trompo | pegtop | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | |
| Una | one | | Cuatro, Dos, Tres |
| Vacílala | swing her | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | |
| Vuelta por el Mundo | around the world | video (Media Noche), (Salsa Lust) | |

## List moved out of wikipedia article, please process

From w:Rueda de Casino:
Translations are in ( ), variants are in [ ], explanations are in <>, video links are in { }.
* A Bayamo
** A Bayamo por de bajo
** A Bayomo complicado
* Abajo (down) {Media Noche video}
* Abrázala (hug her) {Media Noche video}
* Adiós (bye) <Miami> {Media Noche video}
** Adiós con la hermana (with the sister) {Media Noche video}
** Adiós con la hermana complicado <leads hook turn and switch partners at the end>
** Adiós con la familia (with the whole family)
** Adiós con la prima
** Adiós con (la) vuelta
** Adiós largo
** Festival de adiós [con una] [con dos] [con tres] <adios con una, then adios con dos, then adios con tres - or until your "con" whatever you called>
* Al medio [p'al medio] (to centre) {Media Noche video}
* A lo cortico
* Arriba al tiempo España {Media Noche video}
* Aspirina <Enchufla-Exhibela-Dile que no>
* Avion
* Balsero (raftsman) {Media Noche video}
* Bikini
* Beso [El beso] (kiss) {Media Noche video}
* Besito (little kiss)
* Bola
** Bola una
** Bola dos
** Bola tres
* Botella [La botella] ... -> con la tapa (con tapa)... -> trunca
* Bulla [Una bulla] [Suena] {Media Noche video}
* Cadeneta (chain) <series of enchufla's with men's Lh and Rh - different than La Cadena>
* Candado (lock) {Media Noche video}
** Candado de mentira
* Cero [El cero] (zero) {Media Noche video}
* Cien (one hundred)
* Coca-Cola <from Guapea, assumes dame first - after a Dame, if called before "1" or DQN position, take your next lady into Coca-Cola> {Media Noche video}
* Coco
* Coquita
* Consorte {Media Noche video}
* Croqueta [or Taxi]
* Cucaracha (cockroach) {Media Noche video}
* Dame (una) (Gimme one) <the "una", unless otherwise called, is assumed> {Media Noche video}
** Dame otra (give me another) {Media Noche video}
** Dame una {Media Noche video}/dos {Media Noche video}/tres... (gimme 1/2/3..)
** Dame y arriba [also Dame dos arriba, tres arriba...] {Media Noche video}
** Dame (una) con una (with clap(s)) <Miami claps on "1", Cuba claps on "7"> {Media Noche video}
*** (Dame) Dos con dos {Media Noche video}/una (dame dos with 2/1 claps)
*** Dame 1/2/3... con 1/2/3 {Media Noche video}...
** Dame... con las manos [pasa con los manos, pasala con los manos] {Media Noche video}
** Otra (again) <whatever was called previously / not necessarily dame una> {Media Noche video}
* Danilo {Media Noche video}
** Danilo y dame
* Dedo (finger) {Media Noche video}
** Dedo saboreado (with flavor) {Media Noche video}
* Dedo, guarapo y bota(la) {Media Noche video}
* Dile que no (tell her "no") {Media Noche video}
* Dile que si (tell her "yes")
* Doble play
* Doble cero (double zero)
* Dos (two)[El Dos] {Media Noche video}
* Drácula
* Echevarria {Media Noche video}
* Enchufla (plug in) {Media Noche video}
** Enchufla pa'fuera
** Enchufla, Enchufla pero no dile que no (enchufla without "dile que no") <"Enchufla" by default includes Dame "5-7"> {Media Noche video}
** Enchufla doble (double) {Media Noche video}
** Enchufla que no [Enchufla y no le llegas] <same partner / finish with dile que no>
** Enchufla con la pierna (with the feet)
** Enchufla con vuelta (with turn) <men CCW turn 5-7> {Media Noche video}
** Enchufla con la familia
** Festival de enchufla [con una] [con dos] [con tres] <enchufla con una, then enchufla con dos, then enchufla con tres - or until your "con" whatever you called>
** Enchufla p'al medio (to middle) [Enchufla p'al centro] (to center) {Media Noche video}
*** Con una/dos (with 1/2 claps)
*** Con vuelta (with turn) <CW turn men 1-3, ladies 5-7>
*** Con las manos (with hands) <continuous DQN>
*** Sin manos (without hands)
*** Cadena [Tranca]
**** Cadena y Mujeres y Hombres ... Se Fue (get out / on your own) {Media Noche video}
*** Cero (0) {Media Noche video}
*** Seis (6)
*** Ocho (8) {Media Noche video}
*** Ocho se fue (one goes around in an "8" formation)
** Enchufla y casate (get married)
** ...la cunada,... la hermana,... su madre,... la tuya
** Enchufla por detrás
* Evelyn {Media Noche video}
* Exhibe(la) (exhibit her / show her off) {Media Noche video}
* Fly [Un fly] [Fly dos] {Media Noche video}
* Frankenstein
* Gancho (hook)
* Guapea [guaperia] (prep / basic step) {Media Noche video}
* Havana {Media Noche video}
* Helicoptero
* Huracan (hurricane)
* Juana la cubana (Juana (a girl's name) from Cuba) <smoking cigar> {Media Noche video}
* Kentucky {Media Noche video}
** Kentucky complicado {Media Noche video}
* La rosa (rose) {Media Noche video}
* Mantecado
* Montaña (mountain) {Media Noche video}
* Hombres derecha (men to the right) {Media Noche video}
* Hombres izquierda (men to the left) {Media Noche video}
* Mosquito (everyone claps above their head on the next 1)
* Mujeres derecha (women to the right)
* Mujeres izquierda (women to the left)
* Noventa (ninety) {Media Noche video}
* Nueve (nine)
* Ochenta y quatro {Media Noche video}
** Ochenta y quatro moderno
* Panqué
* Pasa con los manos (pasala con los manos, dame con los manos) (pass with hands)
* P'al medio [Al medio] (to centre) {Media Noche video}
** Pa'Arriba (upstream) <ladies backwards, or counter-clockwise, Miami>
** Pa'Abajo (downstream) <ladies forwards, or clockwise, Miami>
* Pa' Afuera (turns the circle inside out) <DC>
* Pa'Tras (backward) <Spain>
* Para Ti, Para Mi <Miami, Enchufla for ladies, then men, then ladies, dile que no> {Media Noche video}
* Para Ti, Para Mi <Cuba, claps into el Medio and to partners in Rueda, CW for men, CCW for ladies>
* Pelota (ball)
** Pelota (con) dos (with 2 claps)
** Pelota (con) quatro (with 4 claps and everyone turns to left)
** Pelota (con) loca (crazy) {Media Noche video}
* Peluquería
* Photo [Una Foto] <Boston>
* Ping Pong <USA>
* Play <Cuba>
** Doble Play
** Triple Play {Media Noche video}
* Prima {Media Noche video}
** Prima doble
** Prima con hermana {Media Noche video}
* Principe bueno
* Principe malo [Castigalo] {Media Noche video}
* Policía
** Policia de Miami
* Ponle sabor (put flavor on her) {Media Noche video}
* Puente (bridge) {Media Noche video}
* Rico pa el
* Rollo y Guaguanco <Malaysia>
* Rompela
* Rubenada {Media Noche video}
* Sabia (wisdom)
* Saboreado
* Sacar agua del pozo
* Seis (6)
* Serrucho (saw)
* Setenta (70) {Media Noche video}
** Setenta complicado (complicated 70) {Media Noche video}
** Setenta Miami {Media Noche video}
** Setenta con las manos (with the hands) {Media Noche video}
** Setenta por debajo largo <Cuba>
** Setenta por debajo largo <Miami>
** Setenta nuevo (new) <Miami> {Media Noche video}
** Noventa (90) <Miami> {Media Noche video}
** Setenta y Uno (71) <Cuba>
** Setenta y Dos (72) <Cuba>
** Setenta y Tres (73) <Cuba>
* Sencillo
* Siete (7) {Media Noche video}
** Siete loco {Media Noche video}
** Siete moderno <men's Lh catches ladies Lh on "3"> {Media Noche video}
** Siete con Coca-Cola {Media Noche video}
** Siete loco complicado {Media Noche video}
* Sin manos (without hands)
* Sombrero {Media Noche video}
** Sombrero doble {Media Noche video}
** Sombrero p'abajo [Sombrero por de bajo] {Media Noche video}
** Sombrero doble complicate <Singapore> {Media Noche video}
** Sombrero de Manny {Media Noche video
* Suena [Bulla] (make sound) <Cuba>
* Tarro [Un tarro] (horn) <Cuba>
** Hombres un tarro {Media Noche video}
** Mujeres un tarro
** ... de mentira (change your mind) {Media Noche video}
** Dos tarros
** Tarro, pero no la suelte
* Tarrito (cheat) <Miami>
** Tarrito de mentira (cheat... but change your mind)
** Pegale Tarrito (cheat, hold hands) -> Se Fue (get out / on your own)
* Telefoto
* Talía {Media Noche video}
* Three-way stop {Media Noche video}
* Trenecito
* Twist <from Guapea, inside hands together on "3", twist 5-6-7 while holding outside hand>
* Uno (one) [La una] {Media Noche video}
* Vacila(la) (check her out) {Media Noche video}
** Vacila con vuelta (with turn) <men hook 5-7, Miami>
** Vacila y sienta {sienta la}
** Vacilence los dos (together) <men spin CCW 1-3, Miami>
** Vacilence los dos con vuelta
* Xemena
* Yogurt {Media Noche video}
** Yogurt con tapa
** Yogurt con todo el mundo
** Yogurt con la vecina
** Yogurt para siempre
** Yogurt shake

## External links

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