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Webster 1913 Edition


Fandango

Fan-dan′go

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Noun.
;
pl.
Fandangoes
(#)
.
[Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]
1.
A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
2.
A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Fandango

FANDAN'GO

,
Noun.
A lively dance.

Definition 2024


fandango

fandango

English

Noun

fandango (plural fandangos or fandangoes)

  1. A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina)
  2. An unknown entity or contraption
    What’s that fandango you’re using?
  3. A shade of red-violet
    fandango colour:    

Verb

fandango (third-person singular simple present fandangos, present participle fandangoing, simple past and past participle fandangoed)

  1. To dance the fandango
  2. (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy

Spanish

Noun

fandango m (plural fandangos)

  1. fandango