el merengue

meringue, merengue (a Dominican dance/music style)

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noun · masculine Rare #45,467
meringue Can refer to the dessert or the mixture made from whipped egg whites and sugar.
SP: Para el postre, voy a hacer un merengue con claras de huevo y azúcar.
EN: For dessert, I'm going to make a meringue with egg whites and sugar.
merengue (a Dominican dance/music style) Common in the Dominican Republic and throughout Latin America.
SP: En la fiesta bailamos merengue toda la noche.
EN: At the party we danced merengue all night.

Tengo café, ¡pastel de merengue de limón!

I have coffee, lemon meringue pie!

— Malcolm X (1992)

No de salsa, ni de merengue.

Not salsa or merengue.

— Una mujer fantástica (2017)

Iris haré un pie de limón con merengue.

Iris, I'll make a lemon meringue pie.

— Arco (2025)

Pastel con merengue.

Cake with meringue.

— Bullet Train (2022)