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Tango

2 stages from Rioplatense Spanish to English.

Today it means a passionate, dramatic partner dance originating in Argentina
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Stage 1 of 2
tango
Rioplatense Spanish · 1800s
"a passionate partner dance"
a passionate, dramatic partner dance that emerged in the port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires
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Stage 2 of 2
tango
English · 1913
"a passionate ballroom dance from Argentina"
adopted directly as the dramatic dance style spread internationally
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