ballar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Compare Occitan balar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ballar (first-person singular present ballo, first-person singular preterite ballí, past participle ballat)

1. to dance

   Synonym: dansar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of ballar (first conjugation)

infinitive			ballar
gerund			ballant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ballat		ballada
		plural		ballats		ballades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ballo	balles	balla	ballem	balleu	ballen
	imperfect	ballava	ballaves	ballava	ballàvem	ballàveu	ballaven
	future	ballaré	ballaràs	ballarà	ballarem	ballareu	ballaran
	preterite	ballí	ballares	ballà	ballàrem	ballàreu	ballaren
	conditional	ballaria	ballaries	ballaria	ballaríem	ballaríeu	ballarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	balli	ballis	balli	ballem	balleu	ballin
	imperfect	ballés	ballessis	ballés	balléssim	balléssiu	ballessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	balla	balli	ballem	balleu	ballin
	negative (no)	—	no ballis	no balli	no ballem	no balleu	no ballin

Related terms

• ball
• ballador
• ballarí
• ballera

Further reading

• “ballar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ballar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ballar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ballar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Icelandic

Noun

ballar

1. indefinite genitive singular of böllur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ballar m pl

1. plural indefinite of ball

Old Norse

Noun

ballar

1. indefinite genitive singular of bǫllr

Swedish

Noun

ballar

1. indefinite plural of balle

Anagrams

• bralla

Turkmen

Noun

ballar

1. nominative plural of bal