cuando

noun

cuan·​do

ˈkwän(ˌ)dō

plural -s

: an Argentine dance resembling a minuet

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, when, from Latin quando; from the fact that each strophe of the song originally sung to accompany this dance began with cuando

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