bailar
Spanish, verb/baiˈlaɾ/
bailar is spelled B-A-I-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bailar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover el cuerpo de forma rítmica, generalmente acompañado de música”.
What does bailar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dance
No sé bailar.
- 2
to dribble (the ball)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover el cuerpo de forma rítmica, generalmente acompañado de música. 2. Dicho de una cosa, moverse por no encajar ajustadamente o por moverse su punto de apoyo o suspensión. 3. En particular, girar una cosa sobre sí misma, como un trompo. 4. Moverse espontáneamente por puro placer o exceso de energía.
verb: 1. Hacer bailar_(2–3) una cosa. 2. Esquivar a un oponente. 3. Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia. 4. Quitar la vida.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bailar
- bailo first-person present singular
- bailé first-person preterite singular
- bailado participle past
- bailando gerund
- bailada feminine participle past
- bailados masculine participle past
- bailadas feminine participle past
- bailas indicative informal present
- bailás indicative informal present
- baila indicative present singular
- bailamos first-person indicative plural
- bailáis indicative plural present
- bailan indicative plural present
- bailaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bailabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bailábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bailabais imperfect indicative plural
- bailaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bailar?
- /baiˈlaɾ/
- [bai̯ˈlaɾ]
- [bajˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bailar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bailar in Spanish?
bailar appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).