cantar

American  

[kan-tahr] / kænˈtɑr /

noun

Prosody.

1. a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.

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Etymology

Origin of cantar

< Spanish: song, poem (noun use of v. infinitive) < Latin cantāre to sing

Example Sentences

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cantar

For ten yards of good red cloth, they had one bahar of cloves, containing four cantars or quintals and six pounds; the cantar being 100 pounds.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

That it is a cantar must be plain to all who possess even a slight familiarity with the chansons de gestes of France.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Later in Spain it was used as an equivalent for cantar, and finally indicated a lyrico-narrative poem in octosyllabic assonants.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Carobs are sold by the Aleppo cantar of 180 okes.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan

This cantar is further divided into 100 litres of 1 oke and 320 drams each.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan