fandango Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

WordNet

Fan*dan"go noun
Etymology
Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.
Wordforms
plural Fandangoes
Definitions
  1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
  2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. Colloq.

Webster 1913