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canto.

singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Portugal
  1. singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)

    masculine
  2. chant

    masculine
  3. a bird’s song

    masculine
  4. any pleasant sound

    figuratively · masculine
  5. canto

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus (“song; singing”), perfect passive participle of canō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognate of English chant.

noun/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Portugal
  1. corner (space in the angle between converging lines or surfaces)

    masculine
    Os quatro cantos do mundo
  2. a remote location

    masculine
  3. an undetermined or unknown location

    masculine
  4. the corner of the goal line and touchline

    masculine
  5. the corner of the goal line and touchline corner kick

    Portugal · masculine
  6. type of stone used in the corners of a building

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin canthus or Vulgar Latin *cantus, from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

verb/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of cantar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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