cantar

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verbo

cantar

transitive verb

1. to sing (canción)

2. to call (out) (bingo, línea, el gordo)

intransitive verb

3. to sing (persona, ave); to crow (gallo); to chirp (insecto)

4. to talk (informal) (confesar)

5. to stink (informal) (apestar) (peninsular Spanish)

6. to stick out like a sore thumb (informal) (desentonar) (peninsular Spanish)

7. (alabar)

masculine noun

8. poem (literature);

cantar [can-tar’]

noun

1. Song set to music. (Colloquial) (m)

article & verb transitive

1. To

noun, singular

2. To recite in a poetical manner.

3. To creak, to make a harsh, grinding noise. (Colloquial & Metaphorical)

4. To divulge a secret 5. (Colloquial)

Cantar a libro abierto -> to sing off-hand
Cantar de plano -> to make a plain and full confession
Cantar la victoria -> (Met.) To triumph
Cantar misa -> to say the first mass
Ése es otro cantar, that is another kind of speech. ¿Lo digo cantado o rezado -> how would you have me say it
Al fin se canta la gloria -> do not triumph till all is over, don’t whistle before you are out of the woods
Cantar las claras -> to speak out
Cantar a dos voces -> to sing a duet

At cards, to announce the trump.

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	canto	canté	cantaba	cantaré	cante
Tú	cantas	cantaste	cantabas	cantarás	cantes
Ella/Él/Usted	canta	cantó	cantaba	cantará	cante
Nosotros	cantamos	cantamos	cantábamos	cantaremos	cantemos
Vosotros	cantáis	cantasteis	cantabais	cantaréis	cantéis
Ellos/Ustedes	cantan	cantaron	cantaban	cantarán	canten

Completo cantar conjugación


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R:	[reference](http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100043/gerunds)

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