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Definition 2025

ballare

ballare

See also: ballaré

Italian

Verb

ballare

(intransitive) to dance
Andiamo a ballare.‎
Let's go dancing.
(intransitive) to fidget
(intransitive) to totter, wobble, shake
(transitive) to dance or perform a particular dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballare

person	singular			plural
infinitive	ballare
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		ballando
present participle		ballante	past participle		ballato
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ballo	balli	balla	balliamo	ballate	ballano
imperfect	ballavo	ballavi	ballava	ballavamo	ballavate	ballavano
past historic	ballai	ballasti	ballò	ballammo	ballaste	ballarono
future	ballerò	ballerai	ballerà	balleremo	ballerete	balleranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ballerei	balleresti	ballerebbe	balleremmo	ballereste	ballerebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	balli	balli	balli	balliamo	balliate	ballino
imperfect	ballassi	ballassi	ballasse	ballassimo	ballaste	ballassero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		balla, non ballare	balli	balliamo	ballate	ballino

Synonyms

danzare

Derived terms

traballare

Related terms

Anagrams

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω ‎(ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- ‎(“to shake; to dance”).

Verb

ballare

to dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballare

person	singular			plural
infinitive		ballare
gerund			ballende
past participle			balladu
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	(d)eo	tue	isse/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
present	ballo	ballas	ballat	ballamus	ballades	ballant
imperfect	ballaia	ballaias	ballaiat	ballaiamus	ballaiades	ballaiant
preterite	ballesi	ballesti	ballesit	ballemus	ballezis	balleint
future	appo a ballare	as a ballare	at a ballare	amus a ballare	azis a ballare	ant a ballare
present perfect	appo balladu	as balladu	at balladu	amus balladu	azis balladu	ant balladu
pluperfect	aia balladu	aias balladu	aiat balladu	aiamus balladu	aiazis balladu	aiant balladu
future perfect	app'aer balladu	as aer balladu	at aer balladu	amus aer balladu	azis aer balladu	ant aer balladu
conditional	(d)eo	tue	isse/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
present	dio ballare	dias ballare	diat ballare	diamus ballare	diazis ballare	diant ballare
past	dio aer balladu	dias aer balladu	diat aer balladu	diamus aer balladu	diazis aer balladu	diant aer balladu
subjunctive	(d)eo	tu	isse/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
present	balle	balles	ballet	ballemus	balledes	ballent
imperfect	ballere	balleres	balleret	balleremus	ballerezes	ballerent
present perfect	appe balladu	appes balladu	appet balladu	appemus balladu	appezis balladu	appent balladu
pluperfect	aere balladu	aeres balladu	aeret balladu	aeremus balladu	aerezes balladu	aerentballadu
imperative	–	tu	isse/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
imperative	—	balla	ballet	ballamus	ballade	ballent

Swedish

Adjective

ballare

comparative form of ball.