tango
French, noun/tɑ̃.ɡo/
tango is spelled T-A-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tango is a French masculine noun meaning “tango (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse exécutée en couple et originaire du Río de la Plata”.
What does tango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetango (dance)
- 2
masculinetango (music)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse exécutée en couple et originaire du Río de la Plata. 2. Genre musical né avec cette danse. 3. Couleur orange vif. 4. Cocktail à base de bière et de sirop de grenadine.
adjective: 1. De la couleur tango.
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 tango
- tangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tango?
- /tɑ̃.ɡo/
- \tɑ̃.ɡo\
- [tã.ɡo], [taŋ.ɡo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tango
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tango in French?
tango appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).