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cantar

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cantar” mean in English?

  1. to sing

Example sentences

  • Me gusta cantar en la ducha.

    I like singing in the shower.

  • Canta muy bien.

    She sings very well.

  • Cantamos una canción de cumpleaños.

    We sing a birthday song.

How to use it

Cantar means 'to sing'. Regular -ar verb. Common collocation: cantar una canción ('to sing a song').

Common mistake

Pronounce as one syllable: 'CAN-tar' (two syllables). The -ar ending is regular for first-conjugation verbs.

Forms of cantar

Present
canto, cantas, canta, cantamos, cantáis, cantan

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 13.