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bailar (conjugate bailar) verbo intransitivo 1 (Mús) to dance;◊ salir a bailar to go out dancing;la sacó a bailar he asked her to dance 2 [trompo/peonza] to spin 3 (fam) (quedar grande) (+ me/te/le etc):◊ estos zapatos me bailan these shoes are too big for me (colloq)verbo transitivo to dance;◊ bailar un tango to (dance a) tango
bailar
I verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 to dance: no le gusta bailar, she doesn't like to dance
II verbo intransitivo
1 (moverse, no encajar bien) to move, to wobble: esta mesa baila mucho, this table wobbles a lot Locuciones: baila al son que le tocan, she always goes with the flow o she always adapts to the circumstances fig fam otro que tal baila, he's just as bad familiar ¡que nos quiten lo bailado!, nobody can take away the good times we've had!
bailarle el agua a alguien, to flatter o to suck up to someone: siempre le está bailando el agua al jefe, he's always sucking up to his boss 'bailar' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - cojear - dejar - encasquetar - hartarse - hincharse - inflarse - poema - quebrar - sacar - son - sosaina - agarrado - claqué - danzar - gracia - lindo - paso - público - tango - vals English: also - boogie - dance - fox trot - intro - sit out - straw - study - tap dance - tight - waltz - as - like - mood - partner - perform - sit - wall - whom - wobble
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.