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]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cantar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Interlingua
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cantar
- to sing
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cantar
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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, Códice de los músicos, 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]infinitive | simple | cantar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | cantando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | cantado | cantada | |||||||
feminine | cantados | cantadas | |||||||
present participle | cantante | cantantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | canto | cantas | canta | cantamos | cantades | cantan | ||
imperfect | cantava | cantavas | cantava | cantavamos, cantávamos | cantavades, cantávades | cantavan | |||
preterite | cantei | cantaste, cantasche, cantache | cantou | cantamos | cantastes | cantaron | |||
pluperfect | cantara | cantaras | cantara | cantaramos, cantáramos | cantarades, cantárades | cantaran | |||
future | cantarei | cantarás | cantará | cantaremos | cantaredes | cantarán | |||
conditional | cantaria | cantarias | cantaria | cantariamos, cantaríamos | cantariades, cantaríades | cantarian | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantemos | cantedes | canten | ||
preterite | cantasse | cantasses | cantasse | cantássemos | cantássedes | cantassen | |||
future | cantar | cantares | cantar | cantarmos | cantardes | cantaren | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | canta | cante | cantemos | cantade | — | |||
negative | — | non cantes | non cante | non cantemos | non cantedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
cantar | cantares | cantar | cantarmos | cantardes | cantaren | ||||
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]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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[edit]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 |
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