Un canto, una canción
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Both mean song? what are the differences? How would you use them in a sentence?
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updated Oct 9, 2011
posted by Rey_Mysterio
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Canción is any plain old song.
Canto is technically an epic poem, but it can be used to mean song, as in "nightingale song" - canto del ruiseñor, or "my song": mi canto, or mi canción.
updated Oct 9, 2011
posted by Gekkosan
Gekko, lo que dije, no es correcto? - Jeremias, Oct 9, 2011
Si es correcto, Jeremías, sólo quería clarificar un poco más. - Gekkosan, Oct 9, 2011
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Canto is technically an epic poem, but it can be used to mean song, as in "nightingale song" - canto del ruiseñor, or "my song": mi canto, or mi canción.\
If you heard a random singing / humming would that be a canto, like a group of carolers or someone humming the theme to the Smurfs?
Gracias.
updated Oct 9, 2011
posted by jeezzle
Yes, that's right. Se escucha el canto de los cantores de villancicos. Es un lindo canto. ¡Me encanta esa canción! - Gekkosan, Oct 9, 2011
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The basic word for song is canción. El canto can mean a song but is the basic word for singing.
El canto de las monjas me hizo sentir feliz.
La canción que cantaban me animó.
updated Oct 9, 2011
posted by Jeremias
