fandango

(făn-dăng'gō)

1. 1. An animated Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time.
   2. A piece of music for this dance.
2. Informal. Nonsense; tomfoolery.

[Spanish, possibly alteration of *fadango, from fado, from Portuguese, sad song. See fado.]

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(Sp.)

A courtship dance of Castille and Andalusia, in triple time and moderately fast tempo; the term is also used for a slow, plaintive sung melody of the flamenco type. Of popular origin, it became fashionable in the late 18th century and was used in dramatic music; one fandango melody was used by Gluck (Don Juan, 1761) and later by Mozart (Le nozze di Figaro, 1786). An outstanding example in art music is the 450-bar fandango for harpsichord by Antonio Soler; fandangos have also been composed by D. Scarlatti, Boccherini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Albeniz, Granados and Falla.

A Spanish dance, believed to originate from S. America, in 3/4 or 6/8 time. It is accompanied by guitars and castanets and one of its distinctive features is that the dancers periodically speed up then come to a sudden stop. One of its first appearances in ballet was in Angiolini and Gluck's Don Juan (1761) and it also features in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (1786). Tudor created a ballet of the same name for National Ballet of Canada (mus. Padre Soler, 1972).

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• Dances of the World - fandango: dance in lively triple time performed by one couple with castanets to guitar accompaniment (Spain, Latin America)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fandango, letsindighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
fandango (dans uit Spanje), dwaasheid

Français (French)
n. - fandango

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fandango (lebhafter spanischer Tanz)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) φαντάνγκο

Italiano (Italian)
fandango

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fandango (m) (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
фанданго, дурачество

Español (Spanish)
n. - fandango

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fandango (dans)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡闹, 一种西班牙舞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡鬧, 一種西班牙舞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (3박자의) 스페인 춤, (미)무도회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ファンダンゴ, 舞踏

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رقصه اسبانيه أو موسيقاها , هراء , سخافه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות, ריקוד ספרדי לשניים, מוסיקה לריקוד זה‬

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