cantar

Definitions of cantar
  1. verb
    express pleasure verbally
    synonyms: cacarear
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    type of:
    emitir sonidos
    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  2. verb
    utter shrill sounds
    synonyms: cacarear
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    type of:
    emitir sonidos
    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  3. verb
    divulge confidential information or secrets
    synonyms: divulgar, hablar, murmurar, parlotear, revelar
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    declarar, declararse, manifestar, manifestarse, revelar
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  4. verb
    recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
    synonyms: entonar, salmodiar
  5. verb
    make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
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    type of:
    emitir sonidos
    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  6. verb
    produce tones with the voice
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    canturrear
    sing softly
    entonar, salmodiar
    recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
    gorjear, trinar
    sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
    tararear
    sing with closed lips
    armonizar
    sing or play in harmony
    entonar, piar
    sing in modulation
    type of:
    decir, hablar
    express in speech
  7. verb
    deliver by singing
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    type of:
    interpretar, traducir
    give an interpretation or rendition of
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