merengue

plural merengues

1. uncountableentertainmentA type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.

   The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.

   2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021

2. countableuncountableA song performed in this style.
3. countableuncountableA dance to this style of music.

   If Trujillo said everybody had to dance the merengue, then everybody danced the merengue, for so feared was he by Dominicans that it was said that even a glance from him had the power to kill someone from across the street.

   2011, Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, Latin Dance, →ISBN, page 86

present singular third person merengues · participle present merenguing · participle past merengued · past merengued

1. intransitiveTo dance to merengue music.