ballare
See also: ballaré
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin ballāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ballàre (first-person singular present bàllo, first-person singular past historic ballài, past participle ballàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to dance
- Synonym: danzare
- Andiamo a ballare. ― Let's go dancing.
- (intransitive) to fidget
- (intransitive) to totter, to wobble, to shake
- (transitive) to dance, to perform (a dance)
Usage notes edit
- ballare often implies a more casual form of dancing than its synonym danzare.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ballàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | ballàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | ballàndo | |||
present participle | ballànte | past participle | ballàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | bàllo | bàlli | bàlla | balliàmo | ballàte | bàllano |
imperfect | ballàvo | ballàvi | ballàva | ballavàmo | ballavàte | ballàvano |
past historic | ballài | ballàsti | ballò | ballàmmo | ballàste | ballàrono |
future | ballerò | ballerài | ballerà | ballerémo | balleréte | ballerànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | ballerèi | ballerésti | ballerèbbe, ballerébbe | ballerémmo | balleréste | ballerèbbero, ballerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | bàlli | bàlli | bàlli | balliàmo | balliàte | bàllino |
imperfect | ballàssi | ballàssi | ballàsse | ballàssimo | ballàste | ballàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
bàlla | bàlli | balliàmo | ballàte | bàllino | ||
negative imperative | non ballàre | non bàlli | non balliàmo | non ballàte | non bàllino |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- →? Neapolitan: ballare
- → Sardinian: ballare, ballai
References edit
- ballare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /balˈlaː.re/, [bälˈlʲäːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈla.re/, [bälˈläːre]
Verb edit
ballāre
- present active infinitive of ballō (“to dance”)
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Late Latin ballāre. The initial /b/ (as opposed to */v/) suggests that it may be borrowed from Italian ballare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ballare
- to dance
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 755: “danzare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “ballare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian ballare, from Late Latin ballāre. The Campidanese variant baddai represents the native holdout in a sea of Italianisms.
Verb edit
ballare (Logudorese, Nuorese, Limba Sarda Comuna)
- to dance
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ballare (Logudorese)
infinitive | simple | ballare | |||||
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compound | àere + past participle | ||||||
gerund | simple | ballende | |||||
compound | aende + past participle | ||||||
past participle | balladu | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | deo, eo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
(simple tenses) | present | ballo | ballas | ballat | ballamus | ballades | ballant |
imperfect | ballaia, ballaio | ballaias | ballaiat | ballaìamus | ballaìazis | ballaiant | |
future | apo a ballare | as a ballare | at a ballare | amus a ballare | azis a ballare | ant a ballare | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of àere + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of àere + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of àere + past participle | ||||||
conditional | deo, eo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
present | dia ballare | dias ballare | diat ballare | diemus ballare | diedas ballare | diant ballare | |
perfect | present conditional of àere + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | chi deo, chi eo | chi tue | chi issu/issa/isse | chi nois | chi bois | chi issos/issas | |
(simple tenses) | present | balle | balles | ballet | ballemus | balledas | ballent |
imperfect | ballere | balleres | balleret | ballèremus | ballèrezis | ballerent | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of àere + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle | ||||||
imperative | deo, eo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
— | balla | ballet | ballemus | ballade | ballent |
Conjugation of ballare (Limba Sarda Comuna)
infinitive | simple | ballare | |||||
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compound | àere + past participle | ||||||
gerund | simple | ballende | |||||
compound | aende + past participle | ||||||
past participle | balladu | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | deo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
(simple tenses) | present | ballo | ballas | ballat | ballamus | ballades | ballant |
imperfect | ballaia | ballaias | ballaiat | ballaìamus | ballaiais | ballaiant | |
future | apo a ballare | as a ballare | at a ballare | amus a ballare | ais a ballare | ant a ballare | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of àere + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of àere + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of àere + past participle | ||||||
conditional | deo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
present | dia ballare | dias ballare | diat ballare | diamus ballare | diais ballare | diant ballare | |
perfect | present conditional of àere + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | chi deo | chi tue | chi issu/issa/isse | chi nois | chi bois | chi issos/issas | |
(simple tenses) | present | balle | balles | ballet | ballemus | balleis | ballent |
imperfect | ballare | ballares | ballaret | ballaremus | ballareis | ballarent | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of àere + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle | ||||||
imperative | deo | tue | issu/issa/isse | nois | bois | issos/issas | |
— | balla | ballet | ballemus | ballade | ballent |
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 755: “danzare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “ballare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
ballare
Adverb edit
ballare