conga
English
editEtymology
editFor the dance:
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: kängʹgə, IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
- Homophone: conger (non-rhotic)
Noun
editconga (plural congas)
- (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
- (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]
- 1979, John Storm Roberts, The Latin Tinge, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82:
- The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdrum
dance
Verb
editconga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)
- To dance the conga.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editLikely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconga f (plural conga's)
- (music) a conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs)
- (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style)
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editconga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading
edit- “conga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editconga f (uncountable)
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editconga f (plural congas)
- conga (dance)
Further reading
edit- “conga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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