cantar
Portuguese
/kɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/, /kɐ̃.ˈta(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to sing, to say musically
- (intransitive) to sing express sounds musically through the voice
- (transitive) to say with rhythm, chant
- (transitive) to attempt to seduce by flattery
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cantar inherited from Latin cantāre derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keh₂n-
Gloss
sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canorous English
- concent English
- descant English
- disincentive English
- incentive English
- accentus Latin
- canor Latin
- canorus Latin
- cantamen Latin
- canticum Latin
- cantillo Latin
- cantito Latin
- cantiōnem Latin
- canto Latin
- cantus Latin
- cantāre Latin
- cantāre, cantō, canto Latin
- cantō Latin
- ciconia Latin
- incantatio Latin
- incanto Latin
- incantāre Latin
- incantō Latin
- recantare Latin
- cantare Italian
- chanterelle French
- canta Spanish, Castilian
- cantaleta Spanish, Castilian
- cantamañanas Spanish, Castilian
- cantante Spanish, Castilian
- cantar Spanish, Castilian
- cantarín Spanish, Castilian
- encantar Spanish, Castilian
- καναχέω Ancient Greek
- προσῳδία Ancient Greek
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *kekoh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- cantarolar Portuguese
- desencantar Portuguese
- encantador Portuguese
- encantamento Portuguese
- encantar Portuguese
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- *hanô Proto-Germanic
- chanter Old French
- kanti Esperanto
- cantar Galician
- cânta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- focain Old Irish
- forcain Old Irish
- cantar Old Portuguese
- encantar Old Portuguese
- *kaneti Proto-Celtic
- *kanō Proto-Italic
- chantar Romansh
- cantar Asturian
- cjantâ Friulian
- cantar Old Occitan
- chantar Old Occitan
- cantari Sicilian
- xwendin Northern Kurdish
- cantar Venetian
- kanta Papiamentu
- cantur Dalmatian
- kanta Kabuverdianu
- कातार Konkani
- cianter Ladin
- cantare Sardinian
- cantà Sardinian
- cantà Neapolitan
- cantà Corsican
- cantar Aragonese
- kanta Guinea-Bissau Creole
- chantar Franco-Provençal
- kantēr Emilian
- ekantaa'ñö Maquiritari
- etanta'ñö Maquiritari