bailar
v.
dance, move rhythmically to music (often following pre-composed steps and movements); skip or bounce about in a dance-like manner; spin; jig
bailar
= execute + Baile, dance, trip the light fantastic, hoof, shake + a leg.
Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as he recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.
Ex: I am too old any longer to play games or dance; my social life is restricted; and I cannot, as I used, take much interest in the future of the world, for I shan't live long enough to see what is going to happen in it.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Tripping the Light Fantastic with Theodore de Banville'.
Ex: Another comedy sketch consists of a routine in which a dancer, invisible except for white hat, gloves and shoes, hoofs merrily until suffering a fatal seizure.
Ex: Small wonder then that western dance classes in the city are brimming with corporates learning to shake a leg and get rid of accumulated stress.
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* bailar el swing = jive.
* bailar jazz = jive.
* bailar la danza del vientre = belly-dance.