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TANGO TERİMLERİ
| İSPANYOLCA | İNGİLİZCE | AÇIKLAMA | |
| BAILA (bailar) | TO DANCE | ||
| BAILARIN | A professional or very accomplished dancer. | ||
| BAILANGO | A lunfardo word to describe a place where people dance, i.e. a milong | ||
| BALANCEO | A deep check and replace. See Cadencia | ||
| BALDOSA | A walking box figure named after the black & white checkerboard tile floors which are common in Buenos Aires. See Cuadrado. | ||
| BARRIDA | SWEEP | Sweeping motion. A leg push; one partner's foot sweeps the other's foot along the floor. Also called "Llevada" | |
| BARRIO | A district or neighborhood. | ||
| BASICO | The basic pattern. There are several basic patterns the most common of which is the 8 count basic. | ||
| BASE | There are several basic patterns, all called "base". | ||
| BICYCLETTO | LITTLE BICYCLE | Embellishment. Man Caryin Womans foot in a bicyle circling type | |
| BIEN PARADO | Well stood (literally), standing straight up. See pinta, postura.
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| BOLEO (from bolear) | VOLLEYING BACK & FORTH | A whipping action of the leg. Knees should be close together bend one knee in back of the other. Swivel on the supporting leg with a very sharp motion. Latigazo | |
| BRAZOS | ARMS |
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.