bailar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin ballare.

Verb

bailar

1. to dance

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “bailar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of baillar

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

1. to dance
   • 1594, anonymous author, 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

Conjugation

References

• “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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “bailar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bailar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “bailar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bai‧lar

Verb

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

1. to dance

   Synonym: dançar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bailável

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baylar (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baiˈlaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bai‧lar

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, transitive) to dance

   Synonym: danzar

   No sé bailar. ― I can't dance.

2. (soccer) to dribble (the ball)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Finnish: bailata

Further reading

• “bailar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014