fandangonoun [ C ]
uk/fænˈdæŋ.ɡəʊ/us/fænˈdæŋ.ɡoʊ/plural fandangosa fast Spanish dance performed by a man and a woman dancing close together
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Dance & choreography
- arabesque
- ballerina
- ballet
- ballet shoe
- ballroom dancing
- ceilidh
- corps de ballet
- dance
- dance studio
- dancer
- flamenco
- foxtrot
- pirouette
- pointes
- polka
- prima ballerina
- quickstep
- rumba
- strut your stuff idiom
- war dance
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Examples from literature
- And they all danced a fandango on the points of their toes.
- Presently she heard the music of the fandango.
- The use of the pebbles after the manner of castanets, the division of the dancers into two sets, their advance and retreat toward and away from each other are all suggestive of the Spanish bolero or fandango.
- They have also two favourite dances, called a fandango, and a bolero, both extremely lively and graceful.
- Who is that man, off to the right, dancing a fandango? asked Johnson.