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TANGO TERİMLERİ
| İSPANYOLCA | İNGİLİZCE | AÇIKLAMA | |
| GANCHO | HOOK | To hook. A quick motion of the leg bending at the knee, catching partner's leg. | |
| GIRO | TURN | While partner does a molinete the lead turns on one foot placing the toe of the other foot in front and executing a sharp turn. | |
| GOLPECITOS | LITTLE TOE TAPS | Rhythmic tapping done with a flat foot on the ball or underside of the toe as an adorno. See Fanfarron and Zapatazo. | |
| GOLPES | TOE TAPS | With a tilted foot tap the floor with the toe and allow the lower leg to rebound keeping the knees together. See Picados. | |
| GRELAS | WOMAN | A lunfardo term for woman. See mina. | |
| GUAPO | HANDSOME | A respectable and desirable man. A compadre. | |
| GUIAR | LEAD, GUIDE |
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.