adelante
   UF: forward
   BT: directions

adornments
   USE: adornos

adornos
   SN: complicated movements used to demonstrate skill and
          interpret the music
   UF: adornments
          embellishments
   BT: dance steps
   NT: amagues
          caricias
          chiches
          cortes
          dibujos
          fanfarrones
          firuletes
          golpes
          lapizes
          picadoes
          zapatazos

amagues
   SN: flick of the foot done before taking a step
   BT: adornos

apilado
   USE: tango milonguero (dance)

arrastres
   SN: one dancer drags the other's foot with their own foot
   UF: drag
   BT: dance steps

atrás
   UF: backwards
   BT: directions

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balanceos
   SN: a deep check and replace in a forward direction
   BT: dance steps
   RT: cadencias

balarinas
   SN: professional or accomplished dancer
   UF: balarinos
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

balarinos
   USE: balarinas

baldosas
   UF: travelling box steps
   BT: dance steps
   RT: cuadrados

barridas
   SN: one dancer's foot sweeps the other's foot and places it,
          maintaining contact all the while
   UF: sweep
   BT: dance steps

basic steps
   USE: basicos

basicos
   SN: basic pattern used to understand the structure of the dance
   UF: basic steps
   BT: dance steps

beats
   USE: compás

bites
   USE: mordidas

boleos
   SN: energetic throwing out of the leg
   UF: throw
          voleos
   BT: dance steps
   RT: latigazos

box steps
   USE: cuadrados

breaks
   USE: quebradas

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cadenas
   SN: movement of two people across the floor in a circular motion
   UF: chains
   BT: dance steps

cadencias
   SN: travelling deep check and replace
   BT: dance steps
   RT: balanceos

cafés
   USE: confiterias bailable

calecitas
   SN: the initiator dances around the responder in a carousel motion,
          while the responder pivots on the supporting leg in a stork-like
          position
   UF: carousels
          storks
   BT: dance steps

caminar
   USE: caminitas

caminitas
   SN: one of four basic steps; the walk
   UF: caminar
          walk
   BT: dance steps
   RT: paseos

candombe (dance)
   SN: originally danced by the descendants of black slaves in the Rio
          de la Plata region
   BT: <dance styles>

candombes (location)
   USE: milongas (location)

canyengue
   SN: older tango style from 1900s to 1940s
   BT: <dance styles>

caresses
   USE: caricias

caricias
   SN: stroking some area of the partner's body with the
           leg or shoe
   UF: caresses
   BT: adornos

carousels
   USE: calecitas

chains
   USE: cadenas

chiches
   SN: small ornamental beats done with the foot
   BT: adornos

club style
   USE: tango milonguero (dance)

compadritas
   UF: compadritos
          hooligans
          ruffians
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

compadritos
   USE: compadritas

compás
   SN: beat of the music
   UF: beat
   BT: <music features>
   RT: ritmos

confiteria
   USE: tango milonguero (dance)

confiterias bailable
   SN: café-like establishment where one goes to dance tango and
          purchase refreshments
   UF: café
   BT: locations

corridas
   SN: short sequence of running steps
   UF: run
   BT: dance steps

cortes
   UF: pose
   BT: adornos

costado
   UF: sideways
   BT: directions

crosses
   USE: cruzadas

cruzadas
   SN: occurs when a foot is crossed in front of or in back of the other
          foot
   UF: crosses
           trabadas
   BT: dance steps
   RT: rabonas

cuadrados
   UF: box steps
   BT: dance steps
   RT: baldosas

cuatros
   SN: a numeral 4 is created when the responder flicks the lower leg
          up the outside of the opposite leg, keeping the knees together
   BT: dance steps

cucharitas
   SN: the initiator's foot lifts the responder's foot with a 
          scooping motion
   UF: spoons
   BT: dance steps

cunitas
   SN: forward and backward rocking step
   UF: hamacas
   BT: dance steps

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dance roles
   NT: initiators
          responders

dance steps
   NT: abrazos
          adornos
          arrastres
          balanceos
          baldosas
          barridas
          basicos
          boleos
          cadenas
          cadencias
          calecitas
          caminitas
          corridas
          cruzadas
          cuadrados 
          cuatros
          cucharitas
          cunitas
          deslazamientos
          enganches
          enrosques
          espejos
          giros
          latigazos
          llevadas
          lustradaes
          media luna
          media vuelte
          mordidas
          ochos
          paradas
          pasadas
          paseos
          patadas
          planeos
          quebradas
          rabonas
          resoluciónes
          salidas
          sentadas
          sube y bajas
          tijeras
          traspies
          ven y vas
          viboritas

<dance styles>
   NT: candombe (dance)
          canyengue
          tango de salon
          tango fantasía
          tango milonguero (dance)
          vals (dance)

dancers
   NT: balarinas
          compadritas
          milongueraes
          planchadoras
          tangueras
          vareadores

derecha
   UF: right
   BT: directions

derecho
   UF: straight
   BT: directions

deslazamientos
   SN: using their foot or leg, one dancer displaces the
          other dancer's foot or leg
   UF: sacadas
   BT: dance steps

dibujos
   SN: drawing circles or other small movements on the
          floor with one's toes
   BT: adornos

directions
   NT: adelante
          atrás
          costado
          derecha
          derecho
          izquierda

drags
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eights
   USE: ochos

embellishments
   USE: adornos

embraces
   USE: abrazos

enganches
   SN: one partner wraps their leg around the other's leg
   UF: ganchos
          hooks
   BT: dance steps

enrosques
   SN: while the responder dances a molinete, the initiator pivots on
          their supporting foot
   BT: dance steps

espejos
   SN: mirror the movement of one's partner
   UF: mimics
          mirrors
   BT: dance steps

exits
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fanfarrones
   SN: rhythmic tapping of the foot in time to the music
   BT: adornos

firuletes
   UF: gyrations
   BT: adornos
   RT: lapizes

flirts
   USE: vareadores

followers
   USE: responders

forward
   USE: adelante
 

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   USE: enganches

giros
   UF: turns
   BT: dance steps

golpes
   UF: strokes
   BT: adornos

gyrations
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hamacas
   USE: cunitas

hooks
   USE: enganches

hooligans
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   UF: leaders
   BT: dance roles
   RT: balarinas
          compadritas
          milongueraes
          planchadoras
          tangueras
          vareadores

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klutzes
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lapizes
   SN: the dancer traces a circular design with their toe
          while their other foot is stationary or pivots
   UF: rulos
          traces
   BT: adornos
   RT: firuletes

latigazos
   SN: whipping action of the leg in a boleo
   UF: whips
   BT: dance steps
   RT: boleos

leaders
   USE: initiators

left
   USE: izquierda

lifts
   USE: llevadas

liso
   USE: tango de salon

llevadas
   SN: initiator uses the upper thigh or foot to "carry"
          the responder's leg to the next step
   UF: lifts
          transport
   BT: dance steps

locations
   NT: confiterias bailable
          milongas (location)

lustradaes
   SN: stroking of the dancer's pant leg with the shoe
   UF: shines
   BT: dance steps

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media luna
   SN: a half-moon design step
   BT: dance steps

media vuelte
   UF: half turns
   BT: dance steps

milonga (music)
   SN: cheerful and lively music played with a steady 2/4
          rhythm on a drum
   BT: <music styles>

milongas (location)
   SN: social dance party
   UF: candombes (location)
   BT: locations

milongueraes
   SN: tango fanatics whose lives revolve around dancing
          the tango
   UF: milongueroes
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

milongueroes
   USE: milongueraes

mimics
   USE: espejos

mirrors
   USE: espejos

molinetes
   SN: the responder dances around the initiator, stepping side-back-
          side forward, as the initiator pivots in the centre
   UF: windmills
   BT: ochos

mordidas
   SN: a dancer catches a partner's knee or foot between
          both of their own knee or foot
   UF: bites
          sandwiches
          sanguchitos
   BT: dance steps

music
   NT: <music features>
          <music styles>

<music features>
   BT: music
   NT: compás
          ritmos

<music styles>
   BT: music
   NT: milonga (music)
          tango (music)
          tango nuevo
          vals (music)
 

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ochos
   UF: eights
   BT: dance steps
   NT: molinetes
          ochos atrás
          ochos cortados
          ochos defrentes
          ochos en espejo

ochos atrás
   BT: ochos

ochos cortados
   BT: ochos

ochos defrentes
   BT: ochos

ochos en espejo
   BT: ochos
 

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   UF: stops
   BT: dance steps

pasadas
   SN: the initiator stops the responder with foot contact and leads the 
          responder to step forward over the initiator's extended foot
   BT: dance steps

paseos
   UF: strolls
   BT: dance steps
   RT: caminitas

patadas
   UF: kicks
   BT: dance steps

picadoes
   BT: adornos

planchadoras
   UF: planchadoros
          wallflowers
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

planchadoros
   USE: planchadoras

planeos
   SN: pivots
   BT: dance steps

poses
   USE: cortes
 

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   SN: the responder stands on one foot with the other
          foot hanging relaxed behind the supporting foot
   UF: breaks
   BT: dance steps

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rabonas
   SN: travelling cruzada; dancer takes a walking step, then crosses
          the feet in a cruzada step
   BT: dance steps
   RT: cruzadas
          traspies

resoluciónes
   SN: beat 6, 7, 8 of the 8 beat step; the ending to a step
   UF: resolutions
   BT: dance steps

resolutions
   USE: resoluciónes

responders
   UF: followers
   BT: dance roles
   RT: balarinas
          compadritas
          milongueraes
          planchadoras
          tangueras
          vareadores

rhythms
   USE: ritmos

right
   USE: derecha

ritmos
   UF: rhythms
   BT: <music features>
   RT: compás

ruffians
   USE: compadritas

rulos
   USE: lapizes

runs
   USE: corridas
 

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sacadas
   USE: deslazamientos

salidas
   UF: exits
          starts
   BT: dance steps

sandwiches
   USE: mordidas

sanguchitos
   USE: mordidas

scissors
   USE: tijeras

sentadas
   SN: group of figures wherein the responder creates the
          illusion of sitting on the initiator's leg
   UF: sits
   BT: dance steps

shines
   USE: lustradaes

sideways
   USE: costado

sits
   USE: sentadas

snakes
   USE: viboritas

spoons
   USE: cucharitas

starts
   USE: salidas

stops
   USE: paradas

storks
   USE: calecitas

straight
   USE: derecho

strokes
   USE: golpes

strolls
   USE: paseos

sube y bajas
   SN: to go up and down; dancers step forward and backward
          together with a pendulum motion in their hips
   BT: dance steps
   RT: ven y vas

sweeps
   USE: barridas
    

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tango (music)
   SN: a type of music characterized by its passionate feeling
   BT: <music styles>

tango for export
   USE: tango fantasía

tango de salon
   SN: slow measured moves with the emphasis on precision, 
          musicality and navigation
   UF: liso
   BT: <dance styles>

tango fantasía
   SN: combination of traditional tango steps and those of ballet, 
          ballroom, folk, etc.
   UF: tango for export
   BT: <dance styles>

tango milonguero (dance)
   SN: done in close embrace with small steps and no fancy figures
   UF: apilado
          club style
          confiteria
   BT: <dance styles>

tango nuevo
   SN: new tango music
   BT: <music styles>

tangueras
   SN: anyone extremely serious and passionate about any
          part of tango, such as its history, music, lyrics, etc
   UF: tangueros
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

tangueros
   USE: tangueras

throws
   USE: boleos

tijeras
   SN: criss-cross of legs usually performed by the initiator
   UF: scissors
   BT: dance steps

trabadas
   USE: cruzadas

traces
   USE: lapizes

transport
   USE: llevadas

traspies
   SN: walking step with a syncopated cross
   BT: dance steps
   RT: rabonas

travelling box steps
   USE: baldosas

turns
   USE: giros

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vals (dance)
   SN: tango danced to waltz music
   BT: <dance styles>

vals (music)
   SN: tango music influenced by European waltz music with the usual
          1,2,3 rhythm
   BT: <music styles>

vareadores
   SN: a dancer who flirts but does not become involved with anyone;
          also, an inept or clumsy dancer
   UF: flirts
          klutzes
   BT: dancers
   RT: initiators
          responders

ven y vas
   SN: come and go; dancers move forward and backwards together
   BT: dance steps
   RT: sube y bajas

viboritas
   SN: the initiator places their right leg between their partner's legs
          and takes a sacada to each leg in succession, using a back
          and forth slithering motion of the right leg and foot
   UF: snakes
          vipers
   BT: dance steps

vipers
   USE: viboritas

voleos
   USE: boleos
  

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   USE: caminitas

wallflowers
   USE: planchadoras

whips
   USE: latigazos

windmills
   USE: molinetes
  

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   SN: a dancer taps their own shoes together
   BT: adornos

 

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