cantar

cantar (plural cantars)

1. Alternative spelling of kantar

• arctan

From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.

cantar

1. to sing

From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.

cantar (first-person singular indicative present canto, past participle cantáu)

1. to sing

From Old Occitan cantar, chantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kənˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kanˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

cantar (first-person singular present canto, past participle cantat)

1. to sing

From Old Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.

cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantei, past participle cantado)

1. to sing

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/

cantar

1. to sing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

cantar

1. present indicative and imperative and present subjunctive autonomous of can

• chantar

From Old Occitan cantar, chantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō.

cantar

1. (Gascony, Languedoc, Provence) to sing

From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō (“I sing”).

• IPA^(key): /kã.ˈtaɾ/

cantar

1. to sing (to produce music with one’s voice)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria.

     This one is how Holy Mary resurrected the boy who the Jew had killed because he sang Gaude Virgo Maria.

• Fala: cantal
• Galician: cantar
• Portuguese: cantar

From Old Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
• Hyphenation: can‧tar

cantar (first-person singular present indicative canto, past participle cantado)

1. (transitive) to sing, to say musically

   Começarei cantando meu último sucesso, e então a próxima música será uma surpresa. ― I will start singing my last hit, then the next song is a surprise.

2. (intransitive) to sing (express sounds musically through the voice)

   Enquanto passava pelo jardim, pude ouvir um pássaro cantar. ― While I was walking through the garden, I could hear a bird singing.

3. (transitive) to say with rhythm, chant

   Enquanto tomava minhas medidas, ele cantava baixinho para si mesmo os números. ― While taking my measures, he was chanting the numbers to himself in a soft voice.

4. (transitive, colloquial) to seduce by flattery

   As únicas coisas que ele faz o dia todo são comer, dormir, e cantar meninas. ― The only things he does all day are eat, sleep and seduce girls.

   Synonym: seduzir

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cantar.

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chantar
• (Puter) chanter

From Latin cantō, cantāre.

cantar

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to sing

From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

• Cognate with English chant, French chanter, Italian cantare

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaɾ/, [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite canté, past participle cantado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing

cantar m (plural cantares)

1. A type of shanty or popular song.

• “cantar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō. Compare Italian cantare.

cantar

1. to sing

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.