Castigada

ConteoNo fixed 8-count. Commonly phrased as a compact accent over one to two beats: preparation or step intention, rebound/projection, recoil/suspension, then exit on the next led beat or phrase point.

Tiempo musicalBest at moderate tango tempos where the leader can suspend and release the rebound cleanly; at faster milonga-like pacing, the action is usually reduced or omitted for floorcraft.

• Argentine tango walking in embrace
• Follower axis and free-leg release
• Leader torso lead without arm force
• Forward ochos
• Musical suspension and delayed exit

• ✕Leader pulls with the arms or hooks the follower's leg instead of marking the rebound through the torso.
• ✕Follower actively kicks rather than allowing a contained free-leg response.
• ✕Free leg opens away from the body, creating unsafe floor space.
• ✕Follower transfers weight before the leader gives the exit.
• ✕Leader holds the interruption too long for the music or the social floor.

• ≠back boleo
• ≠gancho
• ≠front sacada
• ≠lapiz
• ≠unled follower adorno

• Argentine tango, general Spanish terminology

  castigada

  Canonical Spanish-derived figure name for this card.

• English-language Argentine tango instruction

  front boleo

  Often taught as synonymous or substantially overlapping with castigada.

• English-language Argentine tango instruction

  bolleo front

  Attested alternate wording/spelling in the supplied source; less standard than front boleo.

• Río de la Plata / Buenos Aires social tango

  castigada

  Use of a distinct local synonym is not supported by the available sources.

• North American Argentine tango scenes

  front boleo

  English teaching vocabulary commonly frames the action as a front boleo.