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ballo

dance

noun BAHL-loh Rare

Also means

ball (formal dance event)

Usage Note

Ballo is masculine. It can mean both the act of dancing (il ballo liscio, ballroom dancing) and a formal dance event (un gran ballo). The related verb is ballare. The idiom essere in ballo means to be involved in something or to be at stake — a sense quite removed from dancing.

Examples

"Lui è bravo nel ballo classico."

Natural Translation

He is good at classical dance.

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