ballare

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin ballāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balˈla.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: bal‧là‧re === Verb === ballàre (first-person singular present bàllo, first-person singular past historic ballài, past participle ballàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) to dance Synonym: danzare Andiamo a ballare. ― Let's go dancing. (intransitive) to fidget (intransitive) to totter, to wobble, to shake (transitive) to dance, to perform (a dance) ==== Usage notes ==== ballare often implies a more casual form of dancing than its synonym danzare. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== traballare ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → 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.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈlaː.re] === Verb === ballāre present active infinitive of ballō (“to dance”) == 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) to dance ==== Conjugation ==== === 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 comparative degree of ball === Adverb === ballare comparative degree of ballt