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fandango
 
SYLLABICATION:fan·dan·go
PRONUNCIATION:  fn-dngg
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. fan·dan·gos
1a. An animated Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time. b. A piece of music for this dance. 2. Informal Nonsense; tomfoolery.
ETYMOLOGY:Spanish, possibly alteration of *fadango, from fado, from Portuguese, sad song. See fado.
 
 
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