cante

Definitions of cante
  1. noun
    an embarrassing mistake
    synonyms: buñuelo, cagada, cantada, gazapatón, gazapo, patinazo, pifia
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    solecismo
    a socially awkward or tactless act
    coladura, metedura de pata, plancha
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo
    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    type of:
    equivocación, error, fallo, falta, yerro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  2. noun
    the act of singing vocal music
    synonyms: canto
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    bel canto
    a style of operatic singing
    coloratura
    singing with florid ornamentation
    scat
    singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
    armonización
    singing in harmony
    canturreo, tarareo
    the act of singing with closed lips
    entonación
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
    salmodia
    the act of singing psalms or hymns
    concierto improvisado
    informal group singing of popular songs
    type of:
    música vocal
    music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
  3. noun
    inside information that something is going to happen
    synonyms: aviso, cantata, chivatazo, confidencia, soplo
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    type of:
    información
    knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  4. noun
    rebuking a person harshly
    synonyms: carda, regañina, regaño, repulsa
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    type of:
    apóstrofe, corrección, reconvención, reprensión, reprobación, salmorejo
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
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