ballare

See also: ballaré

Italian

From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (“to shake; to dance”). Compare Spanish bailar.

ballare

(intransitive) to dance
Andiamo a ballare. ― Let's go dancing.

Synonym: danzare
(intransitive) to fidget
(intransitive) to totter, wobble, shake
(transitive) to dance or perform a particular dance

Conjugation of ballare

person	singular			plural
infinitive	ballare
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		ballando
present participle		ballante	past participle		ballato
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ballo	balli	balla	balliamo	ballate	ballano
imperfect	ballavo	ballavi	ballava	ballavamo	ballavate	ballavano
past historic	ballai	ballasti	ballò	ballammo	ballaste	ballarono
future	ballerò	ballerai	ballerà	balleremo	ballerete	balleranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ballerei	balleresti	ballerebbe	balleremmo	ballereste	ballerebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	balli	balli	balli	balliamo	balliate	ballino
imperfect	ballassi	ballassi	ballasse	ballassimo	ballaste	ballassero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		balla, non ballare	balli	balliamo	ballate	ballino

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

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

ballare

Conjugation of ballare

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