conga
noun
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
congas
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pluralof conga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof conga (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
conganouna Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
Example Sentences
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“Let There Be Love” finds the drummer using his hands on his tom-toms to make them sound like congas, giving the track an Erroll Garner flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Squeezing past a set of congas he came to his signature instrument – the vibraphone.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
With the irresistible thumping of López’s congas, the meditative coaxing of Tylana Enomoto’s violin, and the rock-steady undertow of bassist Juan Perez and drummer Evan Greer, the rehearsal shifts into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
From the sidewalk outside El Fogón, you can see the twin rotisseries slowly spinning in place, the skewers stacked high and wide until they look like congas.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
There were album covers, Joe Cuba’s congas, guitar picks, ticket stubs, all from salsa’s golden days in the sixties and seventies.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
