"dos a dos" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav [US]
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dos à dos||back to back}} French dos à dos (“back to back”), {{m|fr|dos||back}} dos (“back”), {{uder|en|la|dorsum||back}} Latin dorsum (“back”), {{m|fr|à|}} à, {{uder|en|la|ad||to}} Latin ad (“to”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dos a dos (not comparable)
  1. Back to back. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: do paso, square dance
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-adv-GEulsRW8

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav [US]
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dos à dos||back to back}} French dos à dos (“back to back”), {{m|fr|dos||back}} dos (“back”), {{uder|en|la|dorsum||back}} Latin dorsum (“back”), {{m|fr|à|}} à, {{uder|en|la|ad||to}} Latin ad (“to”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} dos a dos
  1. A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other. Synonyms: do-sa-do, dosado, dos-à-dos, do-se-do, do-si-do, dosido, dos-a-dos, dosey doe
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-xR6MqsMc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 71 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 66 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 62 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 61 28
  2. (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-kxpSTDN8

Adverb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{es-adv}} dos a dos
  1. mutually
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-es-adv-vHBJ0dkJ Categories (other): English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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