# merengue
## English
### Etymology

From American Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/

### Noun

merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues)
* (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
** 2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in New York Times‎:The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.
* A song performed in this style.
* A dance to this style of music.
** 2011, Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, Latin Dance, →ISBN, page 86:If Trujillo said everybody had to dance the merengue, then everybody danced the merengue, for so feared was he by Dominicans that it was said that even a glance from him had the power to kill someone from across the street.

### Verb

merengue (third-person singular simple present merengues, present participle merenguing, simple past and past participle merengued)
* (intransitive) To dance to merengue music.

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Spanish merengue

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmereŋːe/, [ˈme̞re̞ŋːe̞]
* Rhymes: -ereŋːe

### Noun

merengue
* merengue (music and dance)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of merengue (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merengueni
accusative
nom.
merengueni
gen.
merengueni
genitive
merengueni
partitive
merengueani
inessive
merenguessani
elative
merenguestani
illative
merengueeni
adessive
merenguellani
ablative
merengueltani
allative
merenguelleni
essive
merenguenani
translative
merenguekseni
abessive
merenguettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merenguesi
accusative
nom.
merenguesi
gen.
merenguesi
genitive
merenguesi
partitive
merengueasi
inessive
merenguessasi
elative
merenguestasi
illative
merengueesi
adessive
merenguellasi
ablative
merengueltasi
allative
merenguellesi
essive
merenguenasi
translative
merengueksesi
abessive
merenguettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merenguemme
accusative
nom.
merenguemme
gen.
merenguemme
genitive
merenguemme
partitive
merengueamme
inessive
merenguessamme
elative
merenguestamme
illative
merengueemme
adessive
merenguellamme
ablative
merengueltamme
allative
merenguellemme
essive
merenguenamme
translative
merengueksemme
abessive
merenguettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merenguenne
accusative
nom.
merenguenne
gen.
merenguenne
genitive
merenguenne
partitive
merengueanne
inessive
merenguessanne
elative
merenguestanne
illative
merengueenne
adessive
merenguellanne
ablative
merengueltanne
allative
merenguellenne
essive
merenguenanne
translative
merengueksenne
abessive
merenguettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merenguensa
accusative
nom.
merenguensa
gen.
merenguensa
genitive
merenguensa
partitive
merengueaan merengueansa
inessive
merenguessaan merenguessansa
elative
merenguestaan merenguestansa
illative
merengueensa
adessive
merenguellaan merenguellansa
ablative
merengueltaan merengueltansa
allative
merenguelleen merenguellensa
essive
merenguenaan merenguenansa
translative
merenguekseen merengueksensa
abessive
merenguettaan merenguettansa
instructive
comitative

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish merengue, itself borrowed from French meringue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /me.ʁɛn.ɡe/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)
* (music) merengue

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Spanish merengue, from French meringue.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.ɡe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/
* Hyphenation: me‧ren‧gue

### Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)
* meringue
    Synonym: suspiro
* (music, dance) merengue

### Further reading

* “merengue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈɾenɡe/ [meˈɾẽŋ.ɡe]
* Rhymes: -enɡe
* Syllabification: me‧ren‧gue

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French meringue.

#### Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)
* merengue (a type of music common in the Caribbean)
* meringue
    Synonym: espumilla
* wuss; wimp
    Synonym: baldragas

##### Derived terms

* merenguero

##### Descendants

* → English: merengue
* → French: merengue
* → Portuguese: merengue

#### Noun

merengue m or f by sense (plural merengues)
* (soccer) a person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach, etc.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

merengue
* inflection of merengar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “merengue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10