| NOMBRE | act | baile social | dancing as part of a social occasion |
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| Sentido | dancing as part of a social occasion. | |
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| Específico | baile de salón, baile de sociedad | Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom |
| baile regional, danza popular | A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) | |
| fandango | A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time | |
| flamenco | A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies | |
| gavota | An old formal French dance in quadruple time | |
| habanera | A Cuban dance in duple time | |
| jitterbug | A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s | |
| lindy hop, lindy | An energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh) | |
| shimmy | lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips | |
| tarantela, tarantella | A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons | |
| General | baile, danza | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
| Inglés | social dancing | |
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