different between conga vs tumbao

English

Etymology

For the dance:

• Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being assumedly of sub-Saharan African origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k????/
• (US) enPR: käng?g?, IPA^(key): /?k????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conga (plural congas)

1. (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
2. (dance) 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. [from 1935]

Derived terms

• conga line

Translations

Verb

conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)

1. To dance the conga.

See also

• bunny hop

Further reading

• conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cogan

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.?a?/
• Hyphenation: con?ga

Noun

conga f (plural conga's)

1. (music) A conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs).
2. (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style).

French

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

Further reading

• “conga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cogna

Romanian

Etymology

From French conga.

Noun

conga f (uncountable)

1. conga (drum)
2. conga (dance)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kon?a/, [?kõ?.?a]

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

English

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish tumbar (“to knock off, fall”).

Noun

tumbao (plural tumbaos)

1. (music) The basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music.

Anagrams

• Batoum, tambou