cantare

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See also: cantaré and cântare

Asturian

Verb

cantare

  1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of cantar
  2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cantar
  3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar
  4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cantāre, frequentative of canō. Cognate with French chanter, Occitan and Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈta.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: can‧tà‧re

Verb

cantàre (first-person singular present cànto, first-person singular past historic cantài, past participle cantàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κανταλώ (kantaló) (Italiot dialect)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cantāre

  1. inflection of cantō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

cantare

  1. to sing

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 1534: “cantava sempre” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “cantare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cantāre.

Verb

cantare (Logudorese, Nuorese, Limba Sarda Comuna)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) sing

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtaɾe/
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: can‧ta‧re

Verb

cantare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of cantar