cantar
English edit
Noun edit
cantar (plural cantars)
- Alternative spelling of kantar
Anagrams edit
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
cantar
- to sing
Conjugation edit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
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gerund | cantando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cantau, cantato | cantada, cantata | |||||
plural | cantaus, cantatos | cantadas, cantatas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | canto | cantas | canta | cantamos | cantaz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantaba, cantabe | cantabas | cantaba | cantabanos | cantabaz | cantaban | |
preterite | canté | cantés | cantó | cantemos | cantez | cantoron, cantón | |
future | cantaré | cantarás | cantará | cantaremos | cantarez | cantarán | |
conditional | cantaría | cantarías | cantaría | cantaríanos | cantaríaz | cantarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantemos | cantez | canten | |
imperfect | cantase | cantases | cantase | cantasenos | cantasez | cantasen | |
imperative | — | tú | — | — | busatros busatras |
— | |
— | canta | — | — | cantaz | — |
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
cantar (first-person singular indicative present canto, past participle cantáu)
- to sing
Conjugation edit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
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gerund | cantando | ||||||
past participle | m cantáu, f cantada, n cantao, m pl cantaos, f pl cantaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | canto | cantes | canta | cantamos | cantáis | canten |
imperfect | cantaba | cantabes | cantaba | cantábemos, cantábamos | cantabeis, cantabais | cantaben | |
preterite | canté | cantasti, cantesti | cantó | cantemos | cantastis, cantestis | cantaron | |
pluperfect | cantare, cantara | cantares, cantaras | cantare, cantara | cantáremos, cantáramos | cantareis, cantarais | cantaren, cantaran | |
future | cantaré | cantarás | cantará | cantaremos | cantaréis | cantarán | |
conditional | cantaría | cantaríes | cantaría | cantaríemos, cantaríamos | cantaríeis, cantaríais | cantaríen | |
subjunctive | present | cante | cantes, cantas | cante | cantemos | cantéis | canten, cantan |
imperfect | cantare, cantara | cantares, cantaras | cantare, cantara | cantáremos, cantáramos | cantareis, cantarais | cantaren, cantaran | |
imperative | — | canta | — | — | cantái | — |
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantí, past participle cantat)
- to sing
Conjugation edit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
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gerund | cantant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cantat | cantada | |||||
plural | cantats | cantades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | canto | cantes | canta | cantem | canteu | canten | |
imperfect | cantava | cantaves | cantava | cantàvem | cantàveu | cantaven | |
future | cantaré | cantaràs | cantarà | cantarem | cantareu | cantaran | |
preterite | cantí | cantares | cantà | cantàrem | cantàreu | cantaren | |
conditional | cantaria | cantaries | cantaria | cantaríem | cantaríeu | cantarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | canti | cantis | canti | cantem | canteu | cantin | |
imperfect | cantés | cantessis | cantés | cantéssim | cantéssiu | cantessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | canta | canti | cantem | canteu | cantin | |
negative (no) | — | no cantis | no canti | no cantem | no canteu | no cantin |
References edit
- “cantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantei, past participle cantado)
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Noun edit
cantar m (plural cantares)
- song
- 1978, Fuxan os Ventos, Sementeira (song):
- Sementar sementarei
loguiño de crarear
en tanto no pobo medre
un meniño, un vello e un cantar- Sowing I'll sow
soon after it clears
as long as among the people grow
a child, an old man and a song
- Sowing I'll sow
- 1978, Fuxan os Ventos, Sementeira (song):
References edit
- “cantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cantar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cantar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cantar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar
- to sing
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar
- autonomous present indicative/present subjunctive/imperative of can
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cantar | chantar | gcantar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan cantar, chantar, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cantar | aver cantat | |||||
gerund | cantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | canti | cantas | canta | cantam | cantatz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantavi | cantavas | cantava | cantàvem | cantàvetz | cantavan | |
preterite | cantèri | cantères | cantèt | cantèrem | cantèretz | cantèron | |
future | cantarai | cantaràs | cantarà | cantarem | cantaretz | cantaràn | |
conditional | cantariái | cantariás | cantariá | cantariam | cantariatz | cantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cantèra | cantèras | cantèra | canteram | canteratz | cantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantem | cantetz | canten | |
imperfect | cantèssi | cantèsses | cantèsse | cantèssem | cantèssetz | cantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
canta | cantem | cantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cantar | aver cantat | |||||
gerund | cantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cante | cantes | canta | cantam | cantatz | canton | |
imperfect | cantave | cantaves | cantava | cantaviam | cantaviatz | cantavon | |
preterite | cantere | canteres | cantet | cantem | cantetz | canteron | |
future | cantarai | cantaràs | cantará | cantarem | cantaretz | cantarán | |
conditional | cantariá | cantariás | cantariá | cantariam | cantariatz | cantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cantèra | cantèras | cantèra | canteram | canteratz | cantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantassiam | cantassiatz | canton | |
imperfect | cantesse | cantesses | cantesse | cantessiam | cantessiatz | cantesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
canta | cantassiam | cantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cantar | aver cantat | |||||
gerund | cantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | canti | cantas | canta | cantam | cantatz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantavi | cantavas | cantava | cantàvam | cantàvatz | cantavan | |
preterite | cantèi | cantès | cantè | cantèm | cantètz | cantèn | |
future | cantarèi | cantaràs | cantarà | cantaram | cantaratz | cantaràn | |
conditional | cantarí | cantarés | cantaré | cantarem | cantaretz | cantarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cantèra | cantèras | cantèra | canteram | canteratz | cantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | canti | cantes | cante | cantem | cantetz | canten | |
imperfect | cantèssi | cantèsses | cantèsse | cantèssem | cantèssetz | cantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
canta | cantem | cantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cantar | aver cantat | |||||
gerund | cantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cante | cantas | canta | cantam | cantatz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantava | cantavas | cantava | cantàvam | cantàvatz | cantavan | |
preterite | cantei | canteras | cantet | cantèram | cantèratz | canteran | |
future | cantarai | cantaràs | cantará | cantarem | cantaretz | cantarán | |
conditional | cantariá | cantariàs | cantariá | cantariam | cantariatz | cantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cantèra | cantèras | cantèra | canteram | canteratz | cantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantem | cantetz | canten | |
imperfect | cantèsse | cantèsses | cantèsse | cantèssem | cantèssetz | cantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
canta | cantem | cantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cantar | aver cantat | |||||
gerund | cantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cante | cantes | canta | cantam | cantatz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantavi | cantavas | cantava | cantàvem | cantàvetz | cantavan | |
preterite | cantère | cantères | cantèt | canteriam | canteriatz | cantèron | |
future | cantarai | cantaràs | cantarà | cantarem | cantaretz | cantaràn | |
conditional | cantariáu | cantariás | cantariá | cantariam | cantariatz | cantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cantèra | cantèras | cantèra | canteram | canteratz | cantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantem | cantetz | cantan | |
imperfect | cantèsse | cantèsses | cantèsse | cantessiam | cantessiatz | cantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
canta | cantem | cantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin cantāre, frequentative from canere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar
- to sing (to produce music with one’s voice)
- 13th century CE, 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.
- Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria.
Conjugation edit
Note: Forms marked with an asterisk (*), if any, are unattested forms that are presumed to have existed verbally and were conjugated according to the Old Galician-Portuguese conjugation system.
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infinitive | cantar | ||||||||
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gerund | cantando | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | cantado | cantada | |||||||
feminine | cantados | cantadas | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | canto | cantas | canta | cantamos | cantades | cantam1, cantan2 | ||
imperfect | cantava | cantavas | cantava | cantavamos | cantavades | cantavam1, cantavan2 | |||
preterite | cantei | cantaste1, cantasche2 | cantou | cantamos | cantastes | cantarom1, cantaron2 | |||
pluperfect | cantara | cantaras | cantara | cantaramos | cantarades | cantaram1, cantaran2 | |||
future | cantarei | cantarás | cantará | cantaremos | cantaredes | cantarám1, cantarán2 | |||
conditional | cantaría | cantarías | cantaría | cantariamos | cantariades | cantaríam1, cantarían2 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantemos | cantedes | cantem1, canten2 | ||
preterite | cantasse | cantasses | cantasse | cantassemos | cantassedes | cantassem1, cantassen2 | |||
future | cantar | cantares | cantar | cantarmos | cantardes | cantarem1, cantaren2 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
perfect future | future subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | canta | cante | cantemos | cantade | — | |||
negative | — | nunca non cantes | nunca non cante | nunca non cantemos | nunca non cantedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
cantar | cantares | cantar | cantarmos | cantardes | cantarem1, cantaren2 | ||||
1 Less common in Galicia 2 Less common in Portugal 3 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 4 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". |
Descendants edit
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
- chantar (northern)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar
- to sing
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: can‧tar
Noun edit
cantar m (plural cantares)
- singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing)
- Synonym: canto
- É belíssimo, o cantar deste pássaro! ― The singing of this bird is very beautiful!
Verb edit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantei, past participle cantado)
- (intransitive) to sing (express sounds musically through the voice)
- Enquanto passeava pelo jardim, ouvi um pássaro cantar. ― While I was walking through the garden, I heard a bird sing.
- (transitive) to sing, to say musically
- Ela cantou a sua melhor música. ― She sang her best song.
- (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.
- (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to attempt to seduce by flattery
- Synonym: seduzir
- 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.
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cantar.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Romansch edit
Verb edit
cantar
Conjugation edit
infinitive | cantar | |||||
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gerund | cantond | |||||
past participle | cantau | |||||
singular | plural | |||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
present | contel | contas | conta | cantein | canteis | contan |
imperfect | cantavel | cantavas | cantava | cantavan | cantavas | cantavan |
future | vegnel a cantar | vegns a cantar | vegn a cantar | vegnin a cantar | vegnis a cantar | vegnan a cantar |
conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
direct present | cantass | cantasses | cantass | cantassen | cantasses | cantassen |
indirect present | cantassi | cantassies | cantassi | cantassien | cantassies | cantassien |
direct future | vegness a cantar | vegnesses a cantar | vegness a cantar | vegnessen a cantar | vegnesses a cantar | vegnessen a cantar |
indirect future | vegnessi a cantar | vegnessies a cantar | vegnessi a cantar | vegnessien a cantar | vegnessies a cantar | vegnessien a cantar |
subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
present | conti | conties | conti | canteien | canteies | contien |
past | cantavi | cantavies | cantavi | cantavien | cantavies | cantavien |
future | vegni a cantar | vegnies a cantar | vegni a cantar | vegnîen a cantar | vegnîes a cantar | vegnien a cantar |
imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
conta | cantei |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere. Cognate with English chant.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite canté, past participle cantado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to sing
- Voy a cantarme una canción
- I am going to sing (myself) a song
Conjugation edit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
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gerund | cantando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cantado | cantada | |||||
plural | cantados | cantadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | canto | cantastú cantásvos |
canta | cantamos | cantáis | cantan | |
imperfect | cantaba | cantabas | cantaba | cantábamos | cantabais | cantaban | |
preterite | canté | cantaste | cantó | cantamos | cantasteis | cantaron | |
future | cantaré | cantarás | cantará | cantaremos | cantaréis | cantarán | |
conditional | cantaría | cantarías | cantaría | cantaríamos | cantaríais | cantarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cante | cantestú cantésvos2 |
cante | cantemos | cantéis | canten | |
imperfect (ra) |
cantara | cantaras | cantara | cantáramos | cantarais | cantaran | |
imperfect (se) |
cantase | cantases | cantase | cantásemos | cantaseis | cantasen | |
future1 | cantare | cantares | cantare | cantáremos | cantareis | cantaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cantatú cantávos |
cante | cantemos | cantad | canten | ||
negative | no cantes | no cante | no cantemos | no cantéis | no canten |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Noun edit
cantar m (plural cantares)
- a type of shanty or popular song
Derived terms edit
- cantar de gesta (“chanson de geste”)
- Cantar de los Cantares
- ser otro cantar
Further reading edit
- “cantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere. Compare Italian cantare.
Verb edit
cantar
- to sing
Conjugation edit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | cantar | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | cantando | |||
past participle | cantà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | canto | (te) canti | (el/ła) canta | cantémo, cantòn | canté | (i/łe) canta |
imperfect | cantava | (te) cantavi | (el/ła) cantava | cantàvimo | cantavi | (i/łe) cantava |
future | cantarò | (te) cantarè | (el/ła) cantarà | cantarémo | cantarè | (i/łe) cantarà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | cantarìa | (te) cantarisi | (el/ła) cantarìa | cantarìsimo | cantarisi | (i/łe) cantarìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | cante, canta | (te) canti | (el/ła) cante, (el/ła) canta | cantémo, cantone | canté | (i/łe) cante, (i/łe) canta |
imperfect | cantase | (te) cantasi | (el/ła) cantase | cantàsimo | cantasi | (i/łe) cantase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) canta | (el/ła) canta, (el/ła) cante | cantémo | canté | (i/łe) canta, (i/łe) cante |