canta

See also: cantá, cantà, cânta, cantâ, cântă, and çanta

Asturian

Verb

canta

1. third-person singular present indicative of cantar
2. second-person singular imperative of cantar

Catalan

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/, [kãn̪ˈt̪a]

Verb

cantá

1. to sing

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for canta

Tense	Infinitive	Past	Present	Future
Zamboanga City conjugation	canta	ya canta	ta canta	ay canta
Cavite conjugation				di canta

Related terms

• cancion
• cantada
• cantao
• canto

 

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkantɐ/

Pronoun

canta f (masculine singular canto, masculine plural cantos, feminine plural cantas)

1. (interrogative) how much

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠə]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

canta m (genitive singular canta, nominative plural cantaí)

1. chunk

Declension

Declension of canta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative canta cantaí Vocative a chanta a chantaí Genitive canta cantaí Dative canta cantaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an canta na cantaí Genitive an chanta na gcantaí Dative leis an gcanta don chanta leis na cantaí

Derived terms

• cantáil (“break off in chunks; grab, devour”, verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

canta

1. past participle of can

Adjective

canta

1. nice; neat, pretty

Derived terms

• cantacht f (“beauty, adornment”)

Noun

canta m

1. genitive singular of canadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
canta	chanta	gcanta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• tanca

Latin

Verb

cantā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cantō

References

• “canta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: can‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

canta

1. feminine singular of cantu

Pronoun

canta

1. feminine singular of cantu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantà:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: can‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cantar.

Noun

canta f (plural cantas)

1. (Aragon, Venezuela) song; singing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

canta

1. inflection of cantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “canta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Venetan

Noun

canta f (plural cante)

1. popular song