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TANGO TERİMLERİ
| İSPANYOLCA | İNGİLİZCE | AÇIKLAMA | |
| SACADA | REMOVE/WITHDRAW | To displace - to move your partner's foot with your own. The most common term for a displacement of a leg or foot by the partner’s leg or foot. Occurs when a dancer places their foot or leg against a leg of their partner and transfers weight to their leg so that it moves into the space of and displaces the partner’s leg. See Desplazamiento. | |
| SALIDA | EXIT | To Begin | |
| SALIDA CRUZADA | EXIT WITH CROSS | The first half of a common basic | |
| SALIDA DE GATO | A variation on the basico in which the man steps side left, forward right outside the lady, diagonal forward left, and crossing behind right with a lead for forward ochos for the lady. The lady is led to step side right, back left, diagonal back right, and crossing forward left, beginning ochos on her left foot. This figure enters ochos without using cruzada. | ||
| SALON | Style of tango best suited for social dancing. Always following line of dance, being aware and courteous of others. | ||
| SALTITO | A LITTLE JUMP | ||
| SANDWICHE | See Mordida. | ||
| SANDWICHITO | HALF SANDWICH | One partner's foot is sandwiched between the other partner's feet. | |
| SANDQUCHITO | See Mordida. | ||
| SECOND | Open position or side step. Body is balanced over open feet. | ||
| SEGUIDILLAS | Tiny quick steps, usually seen in orillero style. | ||
| SEGUIR | FOLLOW | ||
| SENTADA | SIT POSITION | A sitting action. Weight on one leg with bent knee; other leg out straight, with knees together. | |
| STORK | See Calecita. | ||
| SUAVE | SMOOTH | steady and gentle, soft, stylish. | |
| SUBE Y BAJA | Literally, to go up and down: A milonga step in which the couple dance forward-together and back-together in outside right position with a pendulum action of the hips. See Ven y Va. | ||
| SYNCOPATION | To modify rhythm by a shift of accents on a beat. |
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.