Bailar means 'to dance', and it is a textbook regular -ar verb at home in the hobbies, music and going-out topics. Me gusta bailar (I like dancing), bailamos toda la noche (we danced all night). Because it is perfectly regular, it is a clean model of the -ar pattern as well as being genuinely useful for free-time answers. It pairs naturally with cantar ('to sing') and escuchar ('to listen') when describing music and parties. As always with -ar verbs, the preterite accents (bailé, bailó) carry meaning and marks, so keep them in place.
Quick facts
Bailar (to dance) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Me gusta bailar (I like dancing).
Bailamos en la fiesta (we danced at the party).
A clean -ar verb for the pattern.
Pairs with cantar and escuchar música.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
Bailar is a regular verb. Make sure you know the endings for each tense — especially the preterite and subjunctive, which is where marks are most often lost.
bailar is a regular -ar verb — it follows the standard -ar pattern in every tense. That makes it a good one to drill: if you know bailar, you know the template for all regular -ar verbs.
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice bailar now →Three questions. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: bailo, tú: bailas, él: baila, nosotros: bailamos, vosotros: bailáis, ellos: bailan
Bailar is a regular -ar verb following the standard -ar pattern.
Use bailar in multiple tenses to show range — present, preterite and future at minimum. This is a key criterion for higher GCSE marks.
Verbs that are easy to confuse with bailar or that behave like it.
This reference is written for UK GCSE and A-Level Spanish learners and their teachers. It is designed for exam revision: every form is checked against standard conjugation rules, and the examples reflect the registers and topics that come up in the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications. Bailar is a high-frequency verb and appears often in exam papers. For active recall, use the free practice tool rather than only reading the tables.