canto

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)
2. (masculine) chant
3. (masculine) a bird’s song
4. (figuratively, masculine) any pleasant sound
5. (masculine) canto

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of cantar

cantar

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

corner

nook

song

🎶

call

singing

chant

birdsong

angle

chock

crow

canto

canticle

birdcall

Synonyms

canção

🎶

esquina

ângulo

quina

rincão

recanto

Translations

canto

chant

🎶

canto

🎶

coin

rincón

lied

🎶

angolo

racó

Ecke

Gesang

chanson

🎶

Lied

🎶

hoek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɐ̃.tu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cantus

Cognate with English: chant

Inherited from Latin: canthus

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus (“song; singing”), perfect passive participle of canō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognate of English chant.

Sentences

Dois ciclistas estão chegando em um canto no que parece ser uma corrida .

Two cyclists are arriving in a corner in what appears to be a race.

Os ciclistas vagam pelo canto dos vendedores .

Cyclists roam the corner of the vendors.