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TANGO TERİMLERİ
| İSPANYOLCA | İNGİLİZCE | AÇIKLAMA | |
| MARCA (from moarquar)marcar | THE LEAD | ||
| MEDIA LUNA | HALF MOON | A sweeping circular motion of the leg similar to a ronde in ballroom but always danced in contact with the floor, never lofted. Usually danced by the lady and often led with a sacada to the lady’s leg. May be used to bring the lady to an inside gancho. | |
| MEDIA VUELTA | HALF TURN | ||
| MILONGA | 1. Music term. Mother of Tango. Higher tempo generally in 2/4 2. Dancing Hall or the activity |
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| MILONGUERA | 1. Female dancer (for hire) of the early dance halls, cabarets,
and nightclubs. 2. A woman who likes to attend the milongas. 3. A woman whose life revolves around dancing tango and the philosophy of tango. 4. A title given by other tango dancers to a woman who has mastered the tango dance and embodies the essence of the tango. |
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| MILONGUERO | 1. A man who likes to attend the milongas. 2. A person whose life revolves around dancing tango and the philosophy of tango. 3. Payador pueblero (traveling folk-music singer.) 4. A title given by other tango dancers to a man who has mastered the tango dance and embodies the essence of the tango. |
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| MILONGUERO STYLE | Term originally given by Europeans and some North Americans to the style of dancing in a very close embrace; also referred to as confiteria style, club style, apilado style, etc. Usually used in the very crowded clubs frequented by singles in the center of Buenos Aires. Milonguero Style is danced in a very close embrace with full upper body contact, the partners leaning into each other (but never hanging on each other), and using simple walking and turning steps. This style relies on music of the more rhythmic type as characterized by orquestas like those of D’Arienzo or Tanturi. | ||
| MILONGUITA | A woman of loose morals, often times a prostitute. | ||
| MINA | WOMAN | A lunfardo word for woman. See grelas, paicas, or pebeta. | |
| MIRAR, mira! | TO LOOK | Observe | |
| MOLINETE | WINDMILL | Little windmill. When the follower moves in a circle around the leader, doing a footwork resembling forward and backward ochos. | |
| MORDIDA | SANDWICH/BITE | One partner's foot is sandwiched between the other partner's foot. | |
| MORDIDA ALTO | A variation in which a dancer catches a partners knee between both of their own. | ||
| MUNECA | YOUNG GIRL |
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.