canté
Asturian edit
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canté
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Attested since the 18th century. Cognate with rural northern Portuguese canté.
Interjection edit
canté
- (dated, idiomatic) certainly; you bet
- (dated, idiomatic) if only
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Ahi vay esa esmoliña
p'rá à virxen à empregà
que che lla dou de boa mentes;
¡cantè quen poidera mais!- There it goes this little alms,
Apply it to the Virgin
because I give it to her willingly
If only I could give more!
- There it goes this little alms,
References edit
- “canté” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “canté” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “canté” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Piedmontese edit
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canté
- to sing
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canté