merengue

English

Etymology

From American Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/

Noun

merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues)

1. (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
   • 2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.

2. A song performed in this style.
3. 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)

1. (intransitive) To dance to merengue music.

Finnish

Etymology

< Spanish merengue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmereŋːe/, [ˈme̞re̞ŋːe̞]
• Rhymes: -ereŋːe

Noun

merengue

1. merengue (music and dance)

Declension

Inflection of merengue (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of merengue (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative merengueni — accusative nom. merengueni — gen. merengueni genitive merengueni — partitive merengueani — inessive merenguessani — elative merenguestani — illative merengueeni — adessive merenguellani — ablative merengueltani — allative merenguelleni — essive merenguenani — translative merenguekseni — abessive merenguettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative merenguesi — accusative nom. merenguesi — gen. merenguesi genitive merenguesi — partitive merengueasi — inessive merenguessasi — elative merenguestasi — illative merengueesi — adessive merenguellasi — ablative merengueltasi — allative merenguellesi — essive merenguenasi — translative merengueksesi — abessive merenguettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative merenguemme — accusative nom. merenguemme — gen. merenguemme genitive merenguemme — partitive merengueamme — inessive merenguessamme — elative merenguestamme — illative merengueemme — adessive merenguellamme — ablative merengueltamme — allative merenguellemme — essive merenguenamme — translative merengueksemme — abessive merenguettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative merenguenne — accusative nom. merenguenne — gen. merenguenne genitive merenguenne — partitive merengueanne — inessive merenguessanne — elative merenguestanne — illative merengueenne — adessive merenguellanne — ablative merengueltanne — allative merenguellenne — essive merenguenanne — translative merengueksenne — abessive merenguettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative merenguensa — accusative nom. merenguensa — gen. merenguensa genitive merenguensa — partitive merengueaan merengueansa — inessive merenguessaan merenguessansa — elative merenguestaan merenguestansa — illative merengueensa — adessive merenguellaan merenguellansa — ablative merengueltaan merengueltansa — allative merenguelleen merenguellensa — essive merenguenaan merenguenansa — translative merenguekseen merengueksensa — abessive merenguettaan merenguettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish merengue, itself borrowed from French meringue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ʁɛn.ɡe/

• Audio:

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Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)

1. (music) merengue

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish merengue, from French meringue.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɾẽ.ɡe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/

• Hyphenation: me‧ren‧gue

Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)

1. meringue

   Synonym: suspiro

2. (music, dance) merengue

Further reading

• “merengue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾenɡe/ [meˈɾẽŋ.ɡe]
• Rhymes: -enɡe
• Syllabification: me‧ren‧gue

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French meringue.

Noun

merengue m (plural merengues)

1. merengue (a type of music common in the Caribbean)
2. meringue

   Synonym: espumilla

3. wuss; wimp

   Synonym: baldragas

Derived terms

• merenguero

 

Descendants

• → English: merengue
• → French: merengue
• → Portuguese: merengue

Noun

merengue m or f by sense (plural merengues)

1. (soccer) a person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach, etc.

Etymology 2

Verb

merengue

1. inflection of merengar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “merengue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28