# chantar
## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantāre.

### Verb

chantar (ORB, broad)
* to sing

#### Related terms

* chançon

### References

* chanter in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* chantar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chantar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin plantāre. Doublet of the learned borrowing plantar. In the meaning fence off it derives from chanto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃanˈtaɾ/
* Hyphenation: chan‧tar

### Verb

chantar (first-person singular present chanto, first-person singular preterite chantei, past participle chantado)
* (transitive, archaic) to plant (to place a seed or plant in soil or other substrate)
* (transitive) to plant (to place or set something firmly)
* (transitive) to say to one's face
* (transitive) to thrust
* (transitive) to secure, strengthen
* (transitive) to bite
* (transitive) to fence off

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* Chanta
* chantada
* Chantada
* Chantado
* Chanteiro
* Chantelos
* chanto
* Pedra Chantada
* Pedrachantada

#### Descendants

* → Lunfardo: chantar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chantar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chantar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chantar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxan̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ]

### Verb

chantar
* Lenited form of cantar.

## Occitan
### Verb

chantar
* (Auvergne, Guardiol, Limousin, Vivaro-Alpine) Alternative form of cantar (“to sing”)

#### Conjugation
## Old Occitan
### Verb

chantar
* Alternative form of cantar (“to sing”)

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* tanchar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chantar, from Latin plantāre. Doublet of the borrowed plantar and semi-learned prantar. Cf. also the form tanchar, resulting from metathesis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ʃɐ̃ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ʃɐ̃ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ʃɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: chan‧tar

### Verb

chantar (first-person singular present chanto, first-person singular preterite chantei, past participle chantado)
* (transitive) to plant
* (informal, pronominal) to take root [with em ‘in someone/something’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* chantagem

#### Related terms

* chanta

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* cantar (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* chanter (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin cantāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʃanˈtar]

### Verb

chantar
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) to sing

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | chantar | chantar | chantar | chantar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | chantond | chantond | chantond | chantond |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | chantà, chantada | chantà, chantada | chantà, chantada | chantà, chantada |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | chant, chantel | chantas | chanta | chantain | chantais | chantan |
| imperfect | chantava | chantavas | chantava | chantavan | chantavas | chantavan |
| future | vegnel a chantar | vegns a chantar | vegn a chantar | vegnin a chantar | vegnis a chantar | vegnan a chantar |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | chantass | chantasses | chantass | chantassen | chantasses | chantassen |
| future | vegness a chantar | vegnesses a chantar | vegness a chantar | vegnessen a chantar | vegnesses a chantar | vegnessen a chantar |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | chantia | chantias | chantia | chantian | chantias | chantian |
| future | vegni a chantar | vegnies a chantar | vegni a chantar | vegnîen a chantar | vegnîes a chantar | vegnien a chantar |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| imperative | | chanta | | | chantai | |

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Lunfardo chanta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃanˈtaɾ/ [t͡ʃãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: chan‧tar

### Verb

chantar (first-person singular present chanto, first-person singular preterite chanté, past participle chantado)
* (Chile, slang) to stop
* (Chile, vulgar) to fuck

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “chantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10