Táncol

Táncol is a Hungarian verb meaning "to dance." The full infinitive is táncolni, and táncol serves as the present-tense form used for the third-person singular (ő táncol). The word is built from the noun tánc (dance) with the common verb-forming suffix -ol.

In standard Hungarian, táncol is a regular -ol verb. Present tense forms include: én táncolok (I dance), te táncolsz (you dance), ő táncol (he/she dances), mi táncolunk (we dance), ti táncoltok (you all dance), ők táncolnak (they dance). The infinitive is táncolni, and the past tense forms are patterned as táncoltam, táncoltál, táncolt (he/she danced), táncoltunk, táncoltatok, táncoltak. The present participle is táncoló, and the past participle is táncolt.

Táncol is typically intransitive, though it can be described with a noun phrase indicating what one dances to or with. Common usage includes statements like “A lányok táncolnak a kertben” (The girls are dancing in the garden) or “Szeret táncolni” (She likes to dance). Imperatives include táncolj! (Dance!) and táncoljon! (formal you, Dance!). The noun form táncolás refers to dancing as an activity, while bonyolultabb constructions may use tánccal vagy tánccal való foglalkozás to indicate involvement in dance.

Related terms include tánc (dance) as a noun, and táncolni as the verb’s infinitive. Táncol appears in everyday Hungarian, in music, performances, and social contexts where dancing is described or requested.