ballar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Compare Occitan balar.
Pronunciation
Verb
ballar (first-person singular present ballo, first-person singular preterite ballí, past participle ballat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ballar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | ballar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ballant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ballat | ballada | |||||
| plural | ballats | ballades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | ballo | balles | balla | ballem | balleu | ballen | |
| imperfect | ballava | ballaves | ballava | ballàvem | ballàveu | ballaven | |
| future | ballaré | ballaràs | ballarà | ballarem | ballareu | ballaran | |
| preterite | ballí | ballares | ballà | ballàrem | ballàreu | ballaren | |
| conditional | ballaria | ballaries | ballaria | ballaríem | ballaríeu | ballarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | balli | ballis | balli | ballem | balleu | ballin | |
| imperfect | ballés | ballessis | ballés | balléssim | balléssiu | ballessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | balla | balli | ballem | balleu | ballin | |
| negative (no) | — | no ballis | no balli | no ballem | no balleu | no ballin | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “ballar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ballar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “ballar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ballar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Icelandic
Noun
ballar
- indefinite genitive singular of böllur
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ballar m pl
- plural indefinite of ball
Old Norse
Noun
ballar
- indefinite genitive singular of bǫllr
Swedish
Noun
ballar
- indefinite plural of balle
Anagrams
Turkmen
Noun
ballar
- nominative plural of bal