dancināt

== Latvian == === Etymology === From danco(t) (“to dance”) +‎ -ināt. === Pronunciation === === Verb === dancināt second-person plural present indicative of dancināt dancināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present dancinu, dancini, dancina, past dancināju) (dated sense) to invite to dance, to lead while dancing, to dance with (someone) dancināt visas meitas pēc kārtas ― to dance with all women one after the other sestdienas vakaros tepat pie lielajām apsēm puiši meitas dancināja, ka brunči vien pa gaisu plīvoja ― Friday night the boys danced with the girls right here, by the big aspen trees (colloquial) to cause to dance (or to jump, to move fast) gans dancinājis velnu ― the shepherd made the devil dance dancināt kumeļu ― to make the colt dance (= trot with a dancing gate, raising its legs) dancināt pātagu ― to make the whip dance (+ to move it quickly, as if whipping someone) (colloquial) to make someone carry out several tasks, orders, whims Udris bieži gāja restorānos un ar sevišķu prieku dancināja sulaiņus ― Udris often went to restaurants and with special pleasure made the servants dance (= work) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== prefixed verbs: izdancināt padancināt ==== Related terms ==== dancis dancot ==== See also ==== dejot