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

With the juglar, indeed, was left the final form of the cantar, for he would shape and shear it, add to or suppress, as his instinct told him the taste of his audience demanded.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

They present us with a mixture which can only be compared to the whimsical concert described by the humorous poet of Modena: "S'udian gli usignuoli, al primo albore, Egli asini cantar versi d'amore."

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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

Not infrequently he would try to pour the wine of a cantar into the bottle of a popular air, and if it overflowed and was spilt, so much the worse for the cantar.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence