Etymology

From Late LatinCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Late Latin#BAILAR ballare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯ˈla(ɾ)/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#BAILAR
• Syllabification: bai‧lar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Aragonese/a(ɾ)#BAILARCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#BAILAR

Verb

bailarCategory:Aragonese lemmas#BAILARCategory:Aragonese verbs#BAILARCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#BAILARCategory:Pages with entries#BAILARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BAILAR

1. to dance

References

• “bailar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “bailar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Verb

bailar (first-person singular indicative present bailo, past participle bailáu)Category:Asturian lemmas#BAILARCategory:Asturian verbs#BAILARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#BAILARCategory:Pages with entries#BAILARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BAILAR

1. alternative form of baillar

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#BAILARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#BAILAR baylar (13th century), probably from Old OccitanCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Occitan#BAILAR balar, from Late LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Late Latin#BAILAR ballāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajˈlaɾ/ [ba̠jˈlaɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#BAILAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ#BAILARCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/2 syllables#BAILAR

Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)Category:Galician lemmas#BAILARCategory:Galician verbs#BAILARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#BAILARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BAILARCategory:Pages with entries#BAILARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BAILAR

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

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#BAILAR

     Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
2. to turn around

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “baylar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bailar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bailar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bailar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bailar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bailar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bailar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bai‧lar

Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BAILARCategory:Portuguese verbs#BAILARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#BAILARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BAILARCategory:Pages with entries#BAILARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BAILAR

1. to dance

   Synonym: dançar

Further reading

• “bailar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bailar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bailar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bailar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Alternative forms

• baylar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old OccitanCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Old Occitan#BAILARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Occitan#BAILAR balar, from Late LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Late Latin#BAILAR ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#BAILAR βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of inherited ballarCategory:Spanish doublets#BAILAR. Compare French baller, Italian ballare, English ballet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baiˈlaɾ/ [bai̯ˈlaɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#BAILARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BAILAR

• Audio (Colombia):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#BAILAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#BAILARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#BAILAR
• Syllabification: bai‧lar

Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailé, past participle bailado)Category:Spanish lemmas#BAILARCategory:Spanish verbs#BAILARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#BAILARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BAILARCategory:Pages with entries#BAILARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BAILAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#BAILAR, transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#BAILAR) to dance

   Synonym: danzar

   No sé bailar. ― I can't dance.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BAILAR

2. (soccerCategory:es:Football (soccer)#BAILAR) to dribble (the ball)

   Synonym: gambetear

Further reading

• “bailar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025