ballare

See also: ballaré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ballāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈla.re/

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to dance

   Synonym: danzare

   Andiamo a ballare. ― Let's go dancing.

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

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ballàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ballàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		ballàndo
present participle		ballànte	past participle		ballàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	bàllo	bàlli	bàlla	balliàmo	ballàte	bàllano
imperfect	ballàvo	ballàvi	ballàva	ballavàmo	ballavàte	ballàvano
past historic	ballài	ballàsti	ballò	ballàmmo	ballàste	ballàrono
future	ballerò	ballerài	ballerà	ballerémo	balleréte	ballerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ballerèi	ballerésti	ballerèbbe, ballerébbe	ballerémmo	balleréste	ballerèbbero, ballerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	bàlli	bàlli	bàlli	balliàmo	balliàte	bàllino
imperfect	ballàssi	ballàssi	ballàsse	ballàssimo	ballàste	ballàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		bàlla	bàlli	balliàmo	ballàte	bàllino
negative imperative		non ballàre	non bàlli	non balliàmo	non ballàte	non bàllino

Derived terms

• traballare

Related terms

• ballabile
• ballata
• ballo

 

Descendants

• →? Neapolitan: ballare
• → Sardinian: ballare, ballai

References

• ballare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Barella, ballerà, barella

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ballāre

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

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• abballare
• ballà, abballà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ballāre. The lack of fricativisation of initial /b/ to /v/ is irregular but not unprecedented, compare buono, bello.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [balˈla]

Verb

ballare

1. to dance

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 755: “danzare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ballare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ballai (Campidanese)
  • baddai (rural; indigenous form of the word)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ballare, from Late Latin ballāre. The Campidanese variant baddai represents the native holdout in a sea of Italianisms.

Verb

ballare (Logudorese, Nuorese, Limba Sarda Comuna)

1. to dance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ballare (Logudorese)

infinitive	simple	ballare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	ballende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		balladu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	ballo	ballas	ballat	ballamus	ballades	ballant
	imperfect	ballaia, ballaio	ballaias	ballaiat	ballaìamus	ballaìazis	ballaiant
	future	apo a ballare	as a ballare	at a ballare	amus a ballare	azis a ballare	ant a ballare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
conditional		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
present		dia ballare	dias ballare	diat ballare	diemus ballare	diedas ballare	diant ballare
perfect		present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo, chi eo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	balle	balles	ballet	ballemus	balledas	ballent
	imperfect	ballere	balleres	balleret	ballèremus	ballèrezis	ballerent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	balla	ballet	ballemus	ballade	ballent

    Conjugation of ballare (Limba Sarda Comuna)

infinitive	simple	ballare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	ballende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		balladu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	ballo	ballas	ballat	ballamus	ballades	ballant
	imperfect	ballaia	ballaias	ballaiat	ballaìamus	ballaiais	ballaiant
	future	apo a ballare	as a ballare	at a ballare	amus a ballare	ais a ballare	ant a ballare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
conditional		deo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
present		dia ballare	dias ballare	diat ballare	diamus ballare	diais ballare	diant ballare
perfect		present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	balle	balles	ballet	ballemus	balleis	ballent
	imperfect	ballare	ballares	ballaret	ballaremus	ballareis	ballarent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		deo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	balla	ballet	ballemus	ballade	ballent

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 755: “danzare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “ballare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Swedish

Adjective

ballare

1. comparative degree of ball

Adverb

ballare

1. comparative degree of ballt