cantar

[ kan-tahr ]

noun

, Prosody.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cantar¹

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

Example Sentences

Sin pena vivamosEn calma feliz:Gozar es mi estrella,Cantar y reir.

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She possessed what the Italians call un cantar granito; her execution was articulate and brilliant.

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Peutinger adds that the cantar is equal to 250 pounds, when in fact it is only a hundredweight.

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The sun dropped below the wooded hills, and Cantar-las-horas had sung his weird vesper song.

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In Kanou it can be had for ten reals (Fezzan) the cantar; and in Yakoba, whence it is brought, for three reals.

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