ballare

From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”). Compare Spanish bailar, French baller.

• IPA^(key): /balˈla.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: bal‧là‧re

ballàre (first-person singular present bàllo, first-person singular past historic ballài, past participle ballàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive) to dance

   Andiamo a ballare. ― Let's go dancing.

   Synonym: danzare

2. (intransitive) to fidget
3. (intransitive) to totter, to wobble, to shake
4. (transitive) to dance, to perform (a dance)

• ballare often implies a more casual form of dancing than its synonym danzare.

• traballare

• Barella, ballerà, barella

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /balˈlaː.re/, [bälˈlʲäːrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈla.re/, [bälˈläːre]

ballāre

1. present active infinitive of ballō (“to dance”)

From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).

ballare

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese, Limba Sarda Comuna, transitive, intransitive) to dance

• Logudorese conjugation:

• Conjugation according to the Limba Sarda Comuna:

ballare

1. comparative degree of ball

ballare

1. comparative degree of ballt