How to pronounce tarantella
American English pronunciation
tair-un-TEL-uh
- IPA
- /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/
- Syllables
- tair · un · TEL · uh (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What tarantella means
A fast, whirling folk dance from Italy
In a sentence: The whole family spun around the kitchen dancing a tarantella.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian and named after Taranto, a town in southern Italy. People also linked it with the tarantula spider.
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