cantare

See also: cantaré and cântare

Asturian

Verb

cantare

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of cantar
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cantar
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cantāre, frequentative of canō. Cognate with French chanter, Occitan and Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta.re/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: can‧tà‧re

Verb

cantàre (first-person singular present cànto, first-person singular past historic cantài, past participle cantàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (ambitransitive) to sing [auxiliary avere]

   Cantami o Diva, del Pelide Achille, l'ira funesta, ...

   Sing me, o Goddess, that fatal anger of Achilles Peleus-son, ...

2. (slang, mafia) to whistleblow, to spill the beans

   Non vuoi parlare? Lui è Gigino "Guantanamo". Dopo una giornata con lui, vedrai come canterai tutto.

   You refuse to talk? Here's Gigino "Guantanamo". After a day with him, you will tell us everything.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cantàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	cantàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		cantàndo
present participle		cantànte	past participle		cantàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	cànto	cànti	cànta	cantiàmo	cantàte	càntano
imperfect	cantàvo	cantàvi	cantàva	cantavàmo	cantavàte	cantàvano
past historic	cantài	cantàsti	cantò	cantàmmo	cantàste	cantàrono
future	canterò	canterài	canterà	canterémo	canteréte	canterànno
conditional	canterèi	canterésti	canterèbbe, canterébbe	canterémmo	canteréste	canterèbbero, canterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	cànti	cànti	cànti	cantiàmo	cantiàte	càntino
imperfect	cantàssi	cantàssi	cantàsse	cantàssimo	cantàste	cantàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		cànta	cànti	cantiàmo	cantàte	càntino
negative imperative		non cantàre	non cànti	non cantiàmo	non cantàte	non càntino

Related terms

• cantabile
• cantante
• cantastorie
• cantata
• cantatore
• cantautore
• canterino
• cantico
• cantilena
• canto
• canzone

Descendants

• Greek: κανταλώ (kantaló) (Italiot dialect)

Anagrams

• antrace, arcante, cantera, canterà, crenata

Latin

Verb

cantāre

1. inflection of cantō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• cantà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [kanˈda]

  • Audio:

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Verb

cantare

1. to sing

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1534: “cantava sempre” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “cantare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎^[1]

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• cantai (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin cantāre.

Verb

cantare (Logudorese, Nuorese, Limba Sarda Comuna)

1. (ambitransitive) sing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cantare (Logudorese)

infinitive	simple	cantare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	cantende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		cantadu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	canto	cantas	cantat	cantamus	cantades	cantant
	imperfect	cantaia, cantaio	cantaias	cantaiat	cantaìamus	cantaìazis	cantaiant
	future	apo a cantare	as a cantare	at a cantare	amus a cantare	azis a cantare	ant a cantare
	conditional	dia cantare	dias cantare	diat cantare	diemus cantare	diedas cantare	diant cantare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo, chi eo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	cante	cantes	cantet	cantemus	cantedas	cantent
	imperfect	cantere	canteres	canteret	cantèremus	cantèrezis	canterent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		deo, eo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	canta	cantet	cantemus	cantade	cantent

    Conjugation of cantare (Nuorese)

infinitive	simple	cantare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	cantende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		cantau
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	canto	cantas	cantat	cantamus	cantaes	cantant
	imperfect	cantabo	cantabas	cantabat	cantabamus	cantabazes	cantabant
	future	apo a cantare	as a cantare	at a cantare	amus a cantare	azis a cantare	ant a cantare
	conditional	dia cantare	dias cantare	diat cantare	diamus cantare	diazes cantare	diant cantare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi dego, chi deo	chi tue	chi issu/issa	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	cante	cantes	cantet	cantemus	cantezas	cantent
	imperfect	cantere	canteres	canteret	canteremus	canterezis	canterent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		dego, deo	tue	issu/issa	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	canta	cantet	cantemus	cantae	cantent

    Conjugation of cantare (Limba Sarda Comuna)

infinitive	simple	cantare
	compound	àere + past participle
gerund	simple	cantende
	compound	aende + past participle
past participle		cantadu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	canto	cantas	cantat	cantamus	cantades	cantant
	imperfect	cantaia	cantaias	cantaiat	cantaìamus	cantaiais	cantaiant
	future	apo a cantare	as a cantare	at a cantare	amus a cantare	ais a cantare	ant a cantare
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of àere + past participle
	future perfect	future of àere + past participle
conditional	dia cantare	dias cantare	diat cantare	diamus cantare	diais cantare	diant cantare
conditional perfect	present conditional of àere + past participle
subjunctive		chi deo	chi tue	chi issu/issa/isse	chi nois	chi bois	chi issos/issas
(simple tenses)	present	cante	cantes	cantet	cantemus	canteis	cantent
	imperfect	cantare	cantares	cantaret	cantaremus	cantareis	cantarent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of àere + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of àere + past participle
imperative		deo	tue	issu/issa/isse	nois	bois	issos/issas
		—	canta	cantet	cantemus	cantade	cantent

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaɾe/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: can‧ta‧re

Verb

cantare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of cantar