merengue
verbEtymology Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.
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To dance to merengue music.
merengue
noun/məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
- The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021:
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A song performed in this style.
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A dance to this style of music.
- 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.2011, Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, Latin Dance, →ISBN, page 86: