dos a dos

== English == === Alternative forms === do-sa-do, dosado, dos-à-dos, do-se-do, do-si-do, dosido, dos-a-dos, dosey doe === Etymology === From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ === Noun === dos a dos A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other. (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back. === Adverb === dos a dos (not comparable) Back to back. === See also === do paso square dance == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdos a ˈdos/ [ˌd̪os a ˈð̞os] Syllabification: dos a dos === Adverb === dos a dos mutually === Further reading === “dos a dos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025