merengue

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/ === Noun === merengue (countable and uncountable, plural merengues) (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic. A song performed in this style. A dance to this style of music. === Verb === merengue (third-person singular simple present merengues, present participle merenguing, simple past and past participle merengued) (intransitive) To dance to merengue music. == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish merengue === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmereŋːe/, [ˈme̞re̞ŋːe̞] Rhymes: -ereŋːe === Noun === merengue merengue (music and dance) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish merengue, itself borrowed from French meringue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /me.ʁɛn.ɡe/ === Noun === merengue m (plural merengues) (music) merengue == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Spanish merengue, from French meringue. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧ren‧gue === Noun === merengue m (plural merengues) meringue Synonym: suspiro (music, dance) merengue === Further reading === “merengue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “merengue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈɾenɡe/ [meˈɾẽŋ.ɡe] Rhymes: -enɡe Syllabification: me‧ren‧gue === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French meringue. ==== Noun ==== merengue m (plural merengues) merengue (a type of music common in the Caribbean) meringue Synonym: espumilla wuss; wimp Synonym: baldragas ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: merengue → French: merengue → Portuguese: merengue ==== Noun ==== merengue m or f by sense (plural merengues) (soccer) a person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach, etc. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== merengue inflection of merengar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “merengue”, 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