conga — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

2. A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.

Verbo

1. To dance the conga.

   Parole correlate

   bunny hop

Sostantivo

1. music composed for dancing the conga

   Termini più generali

   dance music

2. a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

   Termini più generali

   ballroom dancingballroom dance

Verbo

1. dance the conga

   Termini più generali

   dancetrip the light fantastictrip the light fantastic toe