tanda

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noun

A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.

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Meanings

nountanda (plural tandas)

plural tandas

  1. A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.

    The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow.

    2007 August 25, Glenn Collins, “Tangoing Cheek to Cheek for 3 Minutes in the Park”, in New York Times
  2. An informal money-pooling plan, in any of various Latin American countries, whose members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums.

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Origin

  1. Spanishtanda
  2. Englishtanda

Borrowed from Spanish tanda (literally “turn”).

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APA

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Chicago

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