cantar
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
cantar (plural cantars)
- Alternative spelling of kantar
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.
VerbEdit
cantar
- to sing
ConjugationEdit
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 | — |
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.
VerbEdit
cantar (first-person singular indicative present canto, past participle cantáu)
- to sing
ConjugationEdit
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 | — |
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō. Compare Occitan cantar and chantar.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, past participle cantat)
- to sing
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
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present participle | 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 | |
— | canta | canti | cantem | canteu | cantin |
ReferencesEdit
- “cantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantei, past participle cantado)
ConjugationEdit
NounEdit
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
- 1978, Fuxan os Ventos, Sementeira (song):
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
InterlinguaEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cantar
- to sing
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cantar
MutationEdit
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. |
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan cantar, chantar, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
cantar
ConjugationEdit
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 termsEdit
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin cantāre, derived from canō (“I sing”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: can‧tar
NounEdit
cantar m (plural cantares)
- singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing)
- É belíssimo, o cantar deste pássaro! ― The singing of this bird is very beautiful!
- Synonym: canto
VerbEdit
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
- 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
ConjugationEdit
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cantar.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantō, cantāre.
VerbEdit
cantar
ConjugationEdit
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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō. Cognate with English chant, French chanter, Italian cantare.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | cantar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
cantar m (plural cantares)
- a type of shanty or popular song
Derived termsEdit
- Cantar de los Cantares
- cantar de gesta (“chanson de geste”)
- ser otro cantar
Further readingEdit
- “cantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
AnagramsEdit
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō. Compare Italian cantare.
VerbEdit
cantar
- to sing
ConjugationEdit
- 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 |