tango
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
tango is spelled T-A-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tango is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tango (ballroom dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tangar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é…”.
What does tango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetango (ballroom dance)
- 2
masculinea style of music associated with the tango dance (used to accompany and set the beat for the dance)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tangar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é complexa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tango
- tangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tango?
- Brazil /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
- /ˈtaŋgo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
tango appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).