danzar

Galician

Alternative forms

• dançar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /danˈθaɾ/ [d̪ɐn̪ˈθaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /danˈθaɾ/ [d̪ɐn̪ˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /danˈsaɾ/ [d̪ɐnˈsaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: dan‧zar

Verb

danzar (first-person singular present danzo, first-person singular preterite dancei, past participle danzado)

1. to dance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of danzar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	danzar
Personal	danzar	danzares	danzar	danzarmos	danzardes	danzaren
Gerund
	danzando
Past participle
Masculine	danzado			danzados
Feminine	danzada			danzadas
Indicative
Present	danzo	danzas	danza	danzamos	danzades	danzan
Imperfect	danzaba	danzabas	danzaba	danzabamos	danzabades	danzaban
Preterite	dancei	danzaches	danzou	danzamos	danzastes	danzaron
Pluperfect	danzara	danzaras	danzara	danzaramos	danzarades	danzaran
Future	danzarei	danzarás	danzará	danzaremos	danzaredes	danzarán
Conditional	danzaría	danzarías	danzaría	danzariamos	danzariades	danzarían
Subjunctive
Present	dance	dances	dance	dancemos	dancedes	dancen
Imperfect	danzase	danzases	danzase	danzásemos	danzásedes	danzasen
Future	danzar	danzares	danzar	danzarmos	danzardes	danzaren
Imperative
Affirmative		danza	dance	dancemos	danzade	dancen
Negative (non)		non dances	non dance	non dancemos	non dancedes	non dancen

Related terms

• danzo

References

• “danzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “danzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dançar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dançar, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /danˈθaɾ/ [d̪ãn̟ˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /danˈsaɾ/ [d̪ãnˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dan‧zar

Verb

danzar (first-person singular present danzo, first-person singular preterite dancé, past participle danzado)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to dance

   Synonym: bailar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of danzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			danzar
gerund			danzando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		danzado		danzada
		plural		danzados		danzadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	danzo	danzastú danzásvos	danza	danzamos	danzáis	danzan
	imperfect	danzaba	danzabas	danzaba	danzábamos	danzabais	danzaban
	preterite	dancé	danzaste	danzó	danzamos	danzasteis	danzaron
	future	danzaré	danzarás	danzará	danzaremos	danzaréis	danzarán
	conditional	danzaría	danzarías	danzaría	danzaríamos	danzaríais	danzarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dance	dancestú dancésvos2	dance	dancemos	dancéis	dancen
	imperfect (ra)	danzara	danzaras	danzara	danzáramos	danzarais	danzaran
	imperfect (se)	danzase	danzases	danzase	danzásemos	danzaseis	danzasen
	future1	danzare	danzares	danzare	danzáremos	danzareis	danzaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		danzatú danzávos	dance	dancemos	danzad	dancen
	negative		no dances	no dance	no dancemos	no dancéis	no dancen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of danzar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive danzar	dative	danzarme	danzarte	danzarle, danzarse	danzarnos	danzaros	danzarles, danzarse
	accusative	danzarme	danzarte	danzarlo, danzarla, danzarse	danzarnos	danzaros	danzarlos, danzarlas, danzarse
with gerund danzando	dative	danzándome	danzándote	danzándole, danzándose	danzándonos	danzándoos	danzándoles, danzándose
	accusative	danzándome	danzándote	danzándolo, danzándola, danzándose	danzándonos	danzándoos	danzándolos, danzándolas, danzándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative danza	dative	dánzame	dánzate	dánzale	dánzanos	not used	dánzales
	accusative	dánzame	dánzate	dánzalo, dánzala	dánzanos	not used	dánzalos, dánzalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative danzá	dative	danzame	danzate	danzale	danzanos	not used	danzales
	accusative	danzame	danzate	danzalo, danzala	danzanos	not used	danzalos, danzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dance	dative	dánceme	not used	dáncele, dáncese	dáncenos	not used	dánceles
	accusative	dánceme	not used	dáncelo, dáncela, dáncese	dáncenos	not used	dáncelos, dáncelas
with first-person plural imperative dancemos	dative	not used	dancémoste	dancémosle	dancémonos	dancémoos	dancémosles
	accusative	not used	dancémoste	dancémoslo, dancémosla	dancémonos	dancémoos	dancémoslos, dancémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative danzad	dative	danzadme	not used	danzadle	danzadnos	danzaos	danzadles
	accusative	danzadme	not used	danzadlo, danzadla	danzadnos	danzaos	danzadlos, danzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dancen	dative	dáncenme	not used	dáncenle	dáncennos	not used	dáncenles, dáncense
	accusative	dáncenme	not used	dáncenlo, dáncenla	dáncennos	not used	dáncenlos, dáncenlas, dáncense

Derived terms

• danza
• danzador

Further reading

• “danzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025