valsar

Catalan

Etymology

From vals +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəlˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəlˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [valˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [balˈsa]

Verb

valsar (first-person singular present valso, first-person singular preterite valsí, past participle valsat)

1. (intransitive) to waltz

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of valsar (first conjugation)

infinitive			valsar
gerund			valsant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		valsat		valsada
		plural		valsats		valsades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	valso	valses	valsa	valsem	valseu	valsen
	imperfect	valsava	valsaves	valsava	valsàvem	valsàveu	valsaven
	future	valsaré	valsaràs	valsarà	valsarem	valsareu	valsaran
	preterite	valsí	valsares	valsà	valsàrem	valsàreu	valsaren
	conditional	valsaria	valsaries	valsaria	valsaríem	valsaríeu	valsarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	valsi	valsis	valsi	valsem	valseu	valsin
	imperfect	valsés	valsessis	valsés	valséssim	valséssiu	valsessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	valsa	valsi	valsem	valseu	valsin
	negative (no)	—	no valsis	no valsi	no valsem	no valseu	no valsin

Further reading

• “valsar”, 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

valsar m

1. indefinite plural of vals
2. indefinite plural of valse

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vawˈsa(ʁ)/ [vaʊ̯ˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vawˈsa(ʁ)/ [vaʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vawˈsa(ɾ)/ [vaʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vawˈsa(ʁ)/ [vaʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /vawˈsa(ɻ)/ [vaʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /valˈsaɾ/ [vaɫˈsaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /valˈsaɾ/ [vaɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /balˈsaɾ/ [baɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /valˈsa.ɾi/ [vaɫˈsa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: val‧sar

Verb

valsar (first-person singular present valso, first-person singular preterite valsei, past participle valsado)

1. to waltz

Conjugation

    Conjugation of valsar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	valsar
Personal	valsar	valsares	valsar	valsarmos	valsardes	valsarem
Gerund
	valsando
Past participle
Masculine	valsado			valsados
Feminine	valsada			valsadas
Indicative
Present	valso	valsas	valsa	valsamos	valsais	valsam
Imperfect	valsava	valsavas	valsava	valsávamos	valsáveis	valsavam
Preterite	valsei	valsaste	valsou	valsamos1, valsámos2	valsastes	valsaram
Pluperfect	valsara	valsaras	valsara	valsáramos	valsáreis	valsaram
Future	valsarei	valsarás	valsará	valsaremos	valsareis	valsarão
Conditional	valsaria	valsarias	valsaria	valsaríamos	valsaríeis	valsariam
Subjunctive
Present	valse	valses	valse	valsemos	valseis	valsem
Imperfect	valsasse	valsasses	valsasse	valsássemos	valsásseis	valsassem
Future	valsar	valsares	valsar	valsarmos	valsardes	valsarem
Imperative
Affirmative		valsa	valse	valsemos	valsai	valsem
Negative (não)		não valses	não valse	não valsemos	não valseis	não valsem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• valsa
• valsista

Further reading

• “valsar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “valsar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From the noun vals (“waltz”), from German Walzer (“waltz”), from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈsaɾ/ [balˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: val‧sar

Verb

valsar (first-person singular present valso, first-person singular preterite valsé, past participle valsado)

1. to waltz

Conjugation

    Conjugation of valsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			valsar
gerund			valsando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		valsado		valsada
		plural		valsados		valsadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	valso	valsastú valsásvos	valsa	valsamos	valsáis	valsan
	imperfect	valsaba	valsabas	valsaba	valsábamos	valsabais	valsaban
	preterite	valsé	valsaste	valsó	valsamos	valsasteis	valsaron
	future	valsaré	valsarás	valsará	valsaremos	valsaréis	valsarán
	conditional	valsaría	valsarías	valsaría	valsaríamos	valsaríais	valsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	valse	valsestú valsésvos2	valse	valsemos	valséis	valsen
	imperfect (ra)	valsara	valsaras	valsara	valsáramos	valsarais	valsaran
	imperfect (se)	valsase	valsases	valsase	valsásemos	valsaseis	valsasen
	future1	valsare	valsares	valsare	valsáremos	valsareis	valsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		valsatú valsávos	valse	valsemos	valsad	valsen
	negative		no valses	no valse	no valsemos	no valséis	no valsen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “valsar”, 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

Swedish

Noun

valsar

1. indefinite plural of vals

Verb

valsar

1. present indicative of valsa

Anagrams

• lavars, slavar, svalar, valars, varsla