conga
Spanish, noun/ˈkonɡa/
conga is spelled C-O-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,788th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “conga (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Danza popular cubana, con influencias africanas, que se ejecuta por grupos en dos filas y al ritmo de un…”.
What does conga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconga (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danza popular cubana, con influencias africanas, que se ejecuta por grupos en dos filas y al ritmo de un tambor. 2. Instrumento musical de percusión membranófono que se usa para la conga y también para otros géneros, que fue desarrollado en Cuba. 3. Especie de hormiga grande y venenosa. 4. Hutía mayor que la rata, pues tiene media vara de largo, y color ceniciento o rojizo.
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 conga
- congas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conga?
- /ˈkonɡa/
- [ˈkõŋ.ɡa]
- [ˈkõŋga]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conga in Spanish?
conga appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).