conga
French, noun/kɔ̃.ɡa/
conga is spelled C-O-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conga is a French feminine noun meaning “conga (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse qui consiste en trois pas de côté avant de lever un pied et de repartir dans l’autre sens”.
What does conga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconga (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse qui consiste en trois pas de côté avant de lever un pied et de repartir dans l’autre sens. 2. Genre musical créé par les esclaves cubains en 1550 basé sur un rythme binaire (2/2 2/4). 3. Percussion en forme de tambour à une membrane.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conga
- congas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conga?
- /kɔ̃.ɡa/
- \kɔ̃.ɡa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (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 French?
conga appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).