Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To dance the waltz (with).

    They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.

    While waltzing her around the room, he stepped on her toes only once.

    вальси́роватьvalʹsírovatʹ

    dance a waltz

  2. (intransitive, transitive, usually)To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.

    He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.

    You can't just waltz him in here without documentation!

  3. (informal)To accomplish a task with little effort.

    Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.

  4. (transitive)To move with fanfare.

Examples

49 sentences
  1. I can teach you how to do the waltz.

    Я можу тебе навчити, як танцювати вальс.

    ruЯ могу научить тебя танцевать вальс.

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  2. Tom wants to learn to waltz.

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  3. Tom wanted to learn to waltz.

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  4. The waltz is my favorite dance.

    ruВальс - мой любимый танец.

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  5. My favorite dance is the waltz.

    ruМой любимый танец - вальс.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
dance:

Origin

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), fro

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.

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Forms

waltzes, waltzing, waltzed, waltzed
Base formwaltz · to waltz
3rd person singularwaltzes
Present participlewaltzing
Past simplewaltzed
Past participlewaltzed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywaltz
he, she, itwaltzes

Past simpleLesson

all personswaltzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave waltzed
he, she, ithas waltzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill waltz

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwaltzer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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