merengue
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/
Noun
merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues)
- (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
- A song performed in this style.
- A dance to this style of music.
- 2011, Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, Latin Dance, →ISBN, page 86:
- If Trujillo said everybody had to dance the merengue, then everybody danced the merengue, for so feared was he by Dominicans that it was said that even a glance from him had the power to kill someone from across the street.
Verb
merengue (third-person singular simple present merengues, present participle merenguing, simple past and past participle merengued)
- (intransitive) To dance to merengue music.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmereŋːe/, [ˈme̞re̞ŋːe̞]
Declension
Inflection of merengue (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | merengue | — | ||
genitive | merenguen | — | ||
partitive | merenguea | — | ||
illative | merengueen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | merengue | — | ||
accusative | nom. | merengue | — | |
gen. | merenguen | |||
genitive | merenguen | — | ||
partitive | merenguea | — | ||
inessive | merenguessa | — | ||
elative | merenguesta | — | ||
illative | merengueen | — | ||
adessive | merenguella | — | ||
ablative | merenguelta | — | ||
allative | merenguelle | — | ||
essive | merenguena | — | ||
translative | merengueksi | — | ||
abessive | merenguetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.ʁɛn.ɡe/
Audio (file)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈɾẽ.ɡe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/
- Hyphenation: me‧ren‧gue
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈɾenɡe/ [meˈɾẽŋ.ɡe]
- Rhymes: -enɡe
- Syllabification: me‧ren‧gue
Noun
merengue m (plural merengues)
Derived terms
Noun
merengue m or f by sense (plural merengues)
- (soccer) a person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach, etc.
Verb
merengue
- inflection of merengar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “merengue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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