ballare

See also: ballaré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ballāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /balˈla.re/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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

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

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

ballāre

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

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin ballāre. The initial /b/ (as opposed to */v/) suggests that it may be borrowed from Italian ballare.

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

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
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