baile
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaj.li/
baile is spelled B-A-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baile is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ball (a formal dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reunião de pessoas para dançar”.
What does baile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineball (a formal dance)
- 2
Brazilmasculineany dancing event (not necessarily formal)
- 3
Portugalcolloquialmasculinesubjugation
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reunião de pessoas para dançar 2. dança 3. conflito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baile
- bailes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baile?
- Brazil /ˈbaj.li/
- Brazil [ˈbaɪ̯.li]
- Portugal /ˈbaj.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baile in Portuguese?
baile appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).