# tango
## Translingual
### Noun

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

## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
    Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

#### Noun

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)
* (dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
* (dance) A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
* (music) A piece of music suited to such a dance.
* A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
    tango:

##### Usage notes

* The name of the flamenco dance may be written tangos.

##### Derived terms

* electrotango
* horizontal tango
* neotango
* tango uniform
* wango tango

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### Verb

tango (third-person singular simple present tangoes, present participle tangoing, simple past and past participle tangoed)
* To dance the tango.
* (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.

##### See also

* it takes two to tango

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

tango (plural tangos or tangoes)
* (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
* (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."

##### Derived terms

* whiskey tango foxtrot

### Further reading

* “tango down”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* Atong, Tonga, on tag, tag on, tonga

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧ngo
* IPA: /taˈŋoʔ/ [taˈŋoʔ]

### Noun

tangô
* a nod

#### Derived terms

* magtango
* tanguan

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋo/ [ˈt̪a.ŋo]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ngo

### Noun

tango (Badlit spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)
* (anatomy) a tooth with a single cusp; a cuspid; a canine
    Coordinate terms: unto, bangkil, bag-ang
* (zoology) a fang; a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or injecting venom
* (zoology) 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
* cog of gears

#### Derived terms

* tang-an
* tango sa baliw
* tango sa linti

### Verb

tango (Badlit spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)
* to nod

## Czech
### Noun

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

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Spanish tango.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tanɡo/, [ˈtˢɑŋɡ̊o]

### Noun

tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)
* tango

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

tango m (plural tango's)
* tango (Argentine-Uruguayan dance and musical style)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Argentine-Spanish tango.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑŋːo/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
* Hyphenation: tan‧go

### Noun

tango
* tango

#### Declension

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

* tangokappale
* tangokuninkaallinen
* tangolaulaja
* tangonimi
* tangotanssija

### Further reading

* “tango”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Tonga, togan, tonga

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑ̃.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tango m (plural tangos)
* tango (dance)
* tango (music)

#### Derived terms

* tango argentin

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tango

### Further reading

* “tango”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Verb

tango
* first-person singular present indicative of tanguer

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtan.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -anɡo
* Hyphenation: tàn‧go

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

#### Noun

tango m (plural tanghi)
* tango

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tango
* first-person singular present indicative of tangere

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Tonga

## Japanese
### Romanization

tango
* Rōmaji transcription of たんご
* Rōmaji transcription of タンゴ

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō), τεταγών (tetagṓn), Old English þaccian (“to touch, pat”). More at thack, thwack.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtan.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪äŋɡoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈtan.ɡo/, [ˈt̪äŋɡo]

### Verb

tangō (present infinitive tangere, perfect active tetigī, supine tāctum); third conjugation
* (transitive) to touch, grasp
    Nōlī mē tangere.Don't touch me.
* (transitive) to reach, arrive at, come to a place
* (transitive) to attain to
* (transitive) to subtract, rob
* (transitive) to strike, beat, knock
* (transitive) to move, affect, influence
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.653:saepe tamen patriae dulcī tanguntur amōreYet often they are moved by sweet love of [their] native land
* (transitive) to bewitch, enchant, charm
* (transitive) to come home to

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "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

* (touch): contingo, tempto
* (arrive): perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, prehendō
* (grasp): apiscor, prehenso, tempto, teneo
* (beat): mulcō, ferio, percello, discutio, pulsō, ico, affligo, pello, percutiō, impingo, accido, caedo, verbero
* (affect): perpello

#### Derived terms

* attingō
* contingō
* obtingō
* pertingō

#### Related terms

* contāminō
* integer
* rem acū tetigistī, acū tetigistī
* tāctilis
* tāctus
* tagāx
* tangibilis
* taxō

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: tangere
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: taignir
** Old Catalan: tànyer
** Old French: taindre
* Ibero-Romance:
** Old Galician-Portuguese:
*** Galician: tanguer
*** Portuguese: tanger
** Spanish: tañer, → tangir (learned)

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tangō, tangere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606–607

### Further reading

* “tango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* tango in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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, 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

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tango.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋɡɔ
* Syllabification: tan‧go

### Noun

tango n
* tango (ballroom dance)

#### Derived terms

* białe tango

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡu
* Hyphenation: tan‧go

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tango m (plural tangos)
* tango (ballroom dance)
* a style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tango
* first-person singular present indicative of tangar

## Romanian
### Noun

tango n (plural tangouri)
* Obsolete form of tangou.

#### Declension
### References

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

## Sambali
### Noun

tangô
* nod

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tânɡo/
* Hyphenation: tan‧go

### Noun

tȁngo m (Cyrillic spelling та̏нго)
* tango (dance)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Spanish tango.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋɡɔ/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* tangový

### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtanɡo/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -anɡo
* Syllabification: tan‧go

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tango m (plural tangos)
* tango (ballroom dance)
* a style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)

##### Derived terms

* nuevo tango
* tanguito

##### Descendants

* → English: tango
* → Polish: tango
* → Portuguese: tango
* → Swedish: tango

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tango
* first-person singular present indicative of tangar

### Further reading

* “tango”, 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

### Anagrams

* Tonga

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tango class V (plural matango class VI)
* cucumber
    Synonym: tangopepeta

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Spanish tango.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋɡʊ/
* Rhymes: -aŋɡʊ

### Noun

tango c
* (dance) tango
    att dansa tangoto tango ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish (including for dances that end in "-dans")]

#### Declension
### References

* tango in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tango in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tango in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* antog

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈŋoʔ/ [t̪ɐˈŋoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧ngo

### Noun

tangô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜓ)
* nod; nodding (of the head)
    Synonym: pagtango
* (by extension) consent; agreement
    Synonyms: pagpayag, pagsang-ayon, pag-oo, pagpapahinuhod, pagpapaoo

#### Derived terms

* itango
* magpatango
* mapatango
* pagtango
* patango
* patango-tango
* patanguin
* tanguan
* tatango-tango
* tumango

### Anagrams

* taong, angot, ganto

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.ŋo]

### Verb

tango
* (intransitive) to lie down

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

tangó
* canine tooth
* tusk of animals