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TANGO TERİMLERİ
| İSPANYOLCA | İNGİLİZCE | AÇIKLAMA | |
| ABRAZO | EMBRACE/DANCE HOLD | ||
| ABRIR | TO OPEN | ||
| ADELANTE | FORWARD | ||
| ADORNO(S) | EMBELLISHMENT | Adornment; embellishment. See Firulete. | |
| AFICIONADO(from aficion) | liking; amateur; fancier: An enthusiastic admirer or follower; a devotee or a fan of something, such as tango. | ||
| AL COSTADO | TO THE SIDE | ||
| AMAGUE (from amagar)/Amago | An embellishment either led or done on one's own. Keeping knees together, bend one leg in front of the other in a very quick motion. An amague is used as an embellishment i.e.; the foot may execute a frappe (beat) before taking a step. | ||
| APILADO STYLE | STYLE | eg. Milonguro Style | |
| ARREPENTIDA REPENTANT | CHANGE MIND | To change one’s mind: A family of steps which allow a couple to back away from a collision or traffic jam in a minimal amount of space and on short notice. | |
| ARRABAL | SLUMS | ||
| ARRABALERO | A person of low social status. A person of simple and direct ways who speaks plainly and uses coarse language. | ||
| ARRASTRE (from arrastrar) | DRAG | ||
| ATRAS | BACKWARD | ||
| AXIS | AXIS | The center vertical line around which one's balance is maintained. |
Pronunciation Key:
In Buenos Aires ‘ll’ or ’y’ is pronounced ‘zh’, almost an English
‘j’;
a ‘qu’ sounds like the ‘c’ in cat;
a ‘z’ is pronounced like ‘s’;
and a Spanish ‘j’ is a hard, throaty ‘h’ sound.