fandango

fan·dan·go  (fn-dngg)

n. pl. fan·dan·gos

1.

a. An animated Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time.

b. A piece of music for this dance.

2. Informal Nonsense; tomfoolery.

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[Spanish, possibly alteration of *fadango, from fado, from Portuguese, sad song; see fado.]

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fandango

Noun

pl -gos

1. a lively Spanish dance

2. music for this dance [Spanish]

Thesaurus

Noun

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fandango - a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion