tanda

See also: tända and tǟnda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanda

Noun

tanda (plural tandas)

  1. A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango.
    • 2007 August 25, Glenn Collins, “Tangoing Cheek to Cheek for 3 Minutes in the Park”, in New York Times:
      The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow.

Indonesian

Noun

tanda

  1. sign

Malay

Noun

tanda (plural tanda-tanda)

  1. sign, mark, signal, spot, symbol

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمَّد (ḍammad, bandage)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -anda

Noun

tanda f (plural tandas)

  1. time, instance
  2. duty, turn
  3. task, work
  4. group
  5. session
  6. series
  7. shift
    trabajar en tandas
    I work shifts.
  8. (colloquial, Latin America) beating, bashing
  9. (bullfighting) series of steps taken by the bullfighter and bull before the estocada

Derived terms

  • tanda de penaltis

Swahili

Verb

tanda

  1. to be spread out

Swedish

Verb

tanda

  1. to teethe

Tagalog

Verb

tanda

  1. notice

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English thunder.

Noun

tanda

  1. thunder

Turkish

Noun

tanda

  1. locative singular of tan
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