conga

1. 1.

   music composed for dancing the conga

   Broaderdance music
2. 2.

   a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

   Broaderballroom dancing

1. 1.

   dance the conga

   Broaderdance

Other forms of conga

plural

congas·

past tense

congaed·

present participle

congaing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conga

What does conga mean?

conga means "music composed for dancing the conga". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conga?

conga has 2 syllables: con-ga. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɔŋɡə/.

Is conga a common word?

conga is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.