canta

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

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) canta

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

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Catalan

Verb

canta

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Galician

Verb

canta

1. third-person singular present indicative of cantar

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠə]

Etymology 1

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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

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Italian

Verb

canta

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: can‧ta

Verb

canta

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkãn̪.t̪a]

Verb

canta

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cantar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cantar.

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Venetian

Noun

canta f (plural cante)

1. popular song