Bailar – to dance
Bailar – to make a top spin. Trompo is a top in Spanish.
Bailar suciamente – dirty dancing
Baile – dance (noun)
Baile de regazo – a lap dance
Baile de vientre – belly dance
Bailongo – a despective word for dance in Costa Rican. Synonym of baile which is the correct word for “dance”
Danza – dance (noun)
Danza de la muerte – dance of death
Danzar – to dance
Pista de baile – dance–floor

Tiquismo (Costa Rican expressions) of the week –
Bailar – to swindle someone or rip them off. For example: Le bailaron la herencia. They cheated her out of her inheritance.
Bailar al son que le toca – to roll with the punches
Bailar en la cuerda floja – to have too many irons in the fire or try to do too much
Bailar sobe una teja – to dance close together. Literally means to dance on one floor tile without moving.
Mover el esqueleto – to dance. Literally means to move one’s skeleton.
Pegarse una bailadita – to in Costa Rican slang
Pulir la hebilla – close–dancing. Literally means to polish one’s belt buckle.
Quemar callos – to dance in Costa Rica. This term literally means to burn the callouses off ones feet dancing.