tanda
tanda noun: a turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.
Noun
tanda (plural tandas)
- A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.
- The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow.2007 August 25, Glenn Collins, “Tangoing Cheek to Cheek for 3 Minutes in the Park”, in New York Times
- An informal money-pooling plan, in any of various Latin American countries, whose members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums.
Forms of tanda
| plural | tandas |
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Origin of tanda
Borrowed from Spanish tanda (literally “turn”).
Questions about tanda
- What does tanda mean?
- Tanda means a turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.
- What part of speech is tanda?
- Tanda is a noun.
- What is the plural of tanda?
- The plural of tanda is tandas.
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