cántara

See also: cantara, cantará, cantarà, and cântară

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From cántaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta̝ɾa̝/

Noun

cántara f (plural cántaras)

1. earthenware jug, jar or pitcher
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 341:

     Et a chuvia era tã grãde et tã espessa que caya sobre elles que semellaua que cõ cantaras lla lançauã

     The rain that was falling over them was so strong and so thick that it seemed as if they were throwing it over them with jugs

   Synonym: cántaro

2. a unit of liquid measure equivalent to some 16 l or, historically, to 8 or 16 azumbres
   • 1296, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 204:

     j. carrega de uio mole aa dorna de .V. cantaras a carrega τ a cãtara de XVj. açõbres

     1 load of grape must at the trough, of five cántaras each load, each cántara 16 azumbres

   Synonym: ola

Related terms

• cántaro

References

• “cantara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cantara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cántara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cántara” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cántara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

cántara f (plural cántaras)

1. Synonym of cántaro
2. a unit of liquid measurement used in Spain, primarily for wine; equal to 16.133 liters or four cuartillas

Further reading

• “cántara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014