merequetengue

Metathesis of requete- +‎ merengue (“meringue”) referring to either the mess made when beating the egg whites or the shared rhythm between beating egg whites and fast-paced dance.

• IPA^(key): /meɾekeˈtenɡe/ [me.ɾe.keˈt̪ẽŋ.ɡe]
• Rhymes: -enɡe
• Syllabification: me‧re‧que‧ten‧gue

merequetengue m (plural merequetengues)

1. (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Rioplatense) mess; fuss;
2. (colloquial, Nicaragua, Chile) Fast and exaggerated movement, especially of the body and hips when dancing.

• “merequetengue”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010