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bailar

bailar is Spanish for to dance.

What bailar means

verb · #256

to dance

Example: ¿Bailamos?

Shall we dance?

How common is it?

bailar is ranked #256 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to bailar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• ganar — to win, to earn
• jugar — to play
• cantar — to sing
• reír — to laugh
• llorar — to cry
• nadar — to swim

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22