canyengue
Spanish, noun/kanˈʝenɡe/
canyengue is spelled C-A-N-Y-E-N-G-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canyengue is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a social dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Subgénero del tango que se bailaba en los suburbios y por las prostitutas en los cabaretes por su modo…”.
What does canyengue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea social dance
- 2
masculinea provocative style of the tango originating in Argentina
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Subgénero del tango que se bailaba en los suburbios y por las prostitutas en los cabaretes por su modo extremadamente sexual y provocativo debido a sus características de interpretación, requiriendo para su interpretación actual por bailarines académicos un vestuario representativo y alusivo a la vida orillera. 2. Alboroto.
adjective: 1. Originario de los arrabales, de baja condición social. 2. Grosero, zafio. 3. Petulante, soberbio. 4. Dicho de un bailarín de tango, que baila con gran habilidad y maestría.^([cita requerida])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of canyengue
- canyengues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canyengue?
- /kanˈʝenɡe/
- [kãɲˈɟ͡ʝẽŋ.ɡe]
- [kãɲˈʝẽŋge]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canyengue in Spanish?
canyengue appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).