cantada

Asturian

Participle

cantada f sg

1. feminine singular of cantáu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kənˈta.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kanˈta.ða]

Participle

cantada f sg

1. feminine singular of cantat

Galician

Participle

cantada f sg

1. feminine singular of cantado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈta.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈta.dɐ/ [kɐ̃ˈta.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈta.dɐ/ [kɐ̃ˈta.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈta.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: can‧ta‧da

Noun

cantada f (plural cantadas)

1. (colloquial) an attempt to seduce someone by flattery
2. (colloquial, by extension) pick-up line, an expression usually said to achieve that goal, often by combining comedy and compliment

Participle

cantada f sg

1. feminine singular of cantado

Further reading

• “cantada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cantada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtada/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: can‧ta‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

Proto-Italic *kanō

Latin canō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cantāre

Spanish cantar

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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish cantada

From cantar + -ada.

Noun

cantada f (plural cantadas)

1. (colloquial, sports, Spain) howler, blunder, mistake (especially, the mistakes made by goalkeepers)
2. (Mexico, Central America) singing

   Synonym: canto

3. (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, euphemistic) shit, excretion
4. (Honduras) complaint or statement against someone
5. (Honduras) interpellation or criticism of someone face to face
6. (Guatemala) little lie

   Synonym: mentirijilla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cantada f sg

1. feminine singular of cantado

Further reading

• “cantada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Noun

cantada f (plural cantade)

1. song, singing
2. singalong