Tanguero

(feminine; Tanguera) Refers to anyone who is deeply and seriously passionate about any part of tango such as its history music lyrics etc In Argentina most tangueros are scholars of lunfardo music orchestrations Gardel etc One can be a tanguero without being a milonguero and a milonguero without being a tanguero (very few milongueros would be referred to as tangueros) And of course one can be an extremely good tango dancer without being either such as stage dancers who are quite disdained by real milongueros and tangueros unless they go the extra distance and become milongueros by going to the milongas and/or tangueros as well An aficionado