See milonga on Wiktionary
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "milonga"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese milonga",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "kmb",
"3": "milonga",
"t": "issue, argument"
},
"expansion": "Kimbundu milonga (“issue, argument”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Related to Portuguese milonga, perhaps both ultimately of African origin and from Kimbundu milonga (“issue, argument”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "milongas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "milonga f (plural milongas)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"es:Musical genres"
],
"glosses": [
"milonga"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"milonga",
"milonga#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) milonga"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"es:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"milonga"
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"milonga",
"milonga#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) milonga"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Spanish colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"a lie or falsehood"
],
"links": [
[
"lie",
"lie"
],
[
"falsehood",
"falsehood"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) a lie or falsehood"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "engaño"
},
{
"word": "cuento"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "milonga"
}
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