AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin ballare.

VerbEdit

bailar

  1. to dance

ReferencesEdit

AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

bailar (first-person singular indicative present bailo, past participle bailáu)

  1. Alternative form of baillar

ConjugationEdit

GalicianEdit

 
Bailando ("dancing")

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese baylar (13th century), probably from Old Occitan balar, from Late Latin ballāre.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)

  1. to dance
    • 1594, anonymous, Entremés do pastores:
      anday qu'eu farey justicia
      calay e baylay si souberdes
      lets go, I'll do justice,
      shut up and dance if you know how
  2. to turn around
  3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of bailar
  4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of bailar

ConjugationEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • baylar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • bayl” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • bailar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • bailar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • bailar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: bai‧lar

VerbEdit

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)

  1. to dance
    Synonym: dançar
  2. inflection of bailar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

ConjugationEdit

Derived termsEdit

SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old Occitan balar, from Late Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, to throw). Compare French baller, Italian ballare.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /baiˈlaɾ/ [bai̯ˈlaɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bai‧lar

VerbEdit

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailé, past participle bailado)

  1. to dance
    No sé bailar.I can't dance.
  2. (soccer) to dribble (the ball)

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Finnish: bailata

Further readingEdit