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tanguero

Spanish, noun/tanˈɡeɾo/

tanguero is spelled T-A-N-G-U-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanguero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “one who sings or dances a tango” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aficionado al tango”.

What does tanguero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineone who sings or dances a tango

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al tango.

noun: 1. Aficionado al tango. 2. Artista o intérprete de las canciones del tango.

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 tanguero

  • tangueros plural
  • tanguera feminine
  • tangueras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tanguero?

  • /tanˈɡeɾo/
  • [t̪ãŋˈɡe.ɾo]
  • [t̪ãŋˈgeɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tanguero in Spanish?

tanguero appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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