dos a dos

See also: dosados, dos-à-dos, and dos à dos

English

Alternative forms

• do-sa-do, dosado, dos-à-dos, do-se-do, do-si-do, dosido, dos-a-dos, dosey doe

Etymology

From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dos a dos

1. A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.
2. (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.

Adverb

dos a dos (not comparable)

1. Back to back.

   to sit dos a dos on a camel

   to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back

See also

• do paso
• square dance

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdos a ˈdos/ [ˌd̪os a ˈð̞os]
• Syllabification: dos a dos

Adverb

dos a dos

1. mutually

Further reading

• “dos a dos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025