danza

See also: danzá

English

Etymology

Spanish danza. Doublet of dance.

Noun

danza (uncountable)

1. A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.
   • 2009 June 26, Anne Mancuso, “Spare Times”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Sunday at 2 p.m., a performance of classical Puerto Rican danza music by the Association for Puerto Rican Culture, featuring the pianist Alberto Bird and the singer Thelma Ithier-Sterling.

Galician

Verb

danza

1. third-person singular present indicative of danzar
2. second-person singular imperative of danzar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -antsa
• Hyphenation: dàn‧za

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French danse.

Noun

danza f (plural danze)

1. a dance

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

danza

1. inflection of danzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Zanda

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dança (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdanθa/ [ˈd̪ãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdansa/ [ˈd̪ãn.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: dan‧za

Noun

danza f (plural danzas)

1. dance

   Synonym: baile

Derived terms

• alta danza
• danza aérea
• danza de la muerte
• danza sobre hielo

 

Related terms

• danzar

 

Verb

danza

1. inflection of danzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “danza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014