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/Sounds like "mee" (as in "me") + "lohn" (as in "loan") + "geh" (as in "get") + "AH" (as in "art") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

An evening of tango or milonga dancing in Argentina and Uruguay. A milongueada is the full ritual: getting dressed up, the dim ballroom atmosphere, the close embrace, and the slow deliberate steps of the dance. Pure Rioplatense culture at its most intimate.

Examples

They went out for a tango night downtown and came back at dawn.

Saturday's milongueada brought dancers together from all over the city.

Regional synonyms

A Mexican word with a thousand uses: 'exactly,' 'the real one,' 'right here,' 'the boss,' or just emphasis. Context is everything, 'el mero mero' means the top dog, 'ya mero' means almost.