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dance

bailar

el baile

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dance(

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An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (to move rhythmically to music)

a. bailar

Hundreds of couples were dancing in the square.Cientos de parejas bailaban en la plaza.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

2. (to perform)

a. bailar

I want to learn how to dance salsa.Quiero aprender a bailar salsa.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

3. (act of dancing)

a. el baile

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The father of the bride always gets the first dance.El padre de la novia siempre recibe el primer baile.

b. la danza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Their dance in the showing of the Nutcracker was breathtaking.Su danza en la reproducción de El cascanueces era impresionante.

4. (fine arts)

a. el baile

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The boy decided to dedicate himself to dance.El niño decidió dedicarse al baile.

b. la danza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

My daughter is studying dance in London.Mi hija está estudiando danza en Londres.

5. (type of dance)

a. el baile

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The tango is a dance traditionally associated with Argentina.El tango es un baile tradicionalmente asociado con Argentina.

b. la danza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The natives performed a beautiful dance with their lances.Los nativos ejecutaron una bonita danza con sus lanzas.

6. (event)

a. el baile

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The welcome dance is taking place that same afternoon.El baile de bienvenida tendrá lugar esa misma tarde.

dance

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el baile

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

2. (colloquial)

to lead somebody a (merry) dancetraer a alguien al retortero or a mal traer

dance bandorquesta de baile

dance floorpista de baile

dance hallsalón de baile

dance musicmúsica de baile or de discoteca

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (general)

a. bailar

to dance attendance on somebodyatender servilmente a alguien

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

4. (general)

a. bailar

they danced down the roadbajaron la calle dando brincos

dance [dɑːns]

noun

1 (act) baile (m); (art of dancing) danza (f); baile (m)

dance of death danza (f) de la muerte

to lead sb a (merry) dance (Britain) traer loco a algn

2 (event) baile (m)

transitive verb

bailar

to dance attendance on sb desvivirse por algn

intransitive verb

bailar; (artistically) bailar; danzar; (skip) saltar; brincar

shall we dance? ¿quieres bailar?; to dance about (with pain, joy etc) saltar; to dance for joy saltar or brincar de alegría

to dance to sb's tune bailar al son que algn toca

I reproached trade union leaders for pandering to managers and dancing to their tune I know the cathedral has to raise cash somehow. But the danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors

modifier

dance band (n) orquesta (f) de baile

dance class (n) clase (f) de baile

I hated my Saturday morning dance classes

dance floor (n) pista (f) de baile

dance hall (n) salón (m) de baile; sala (f) de fiestas

dance music (n) música (f) de baile

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	dancing
Past:	danced

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	dance	danced	will dance
you	dance	danced	will dance
he/she	dances	danced	will dance
we	dance	danced	will dance
you	dance	danced	will dance
they	dance	danced	will dance