# canta
## Asturian
### Verb

canta
* third-person singular present indicative of cantar
* second-person singular imperative of cantar

## Catalan
### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish cantar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈta/, [kãn̪ˈt̪a]

### Verb

cantá
* to sing

#### Related terms

* cancion
* cantada
* cantao
* canto

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkantɐ/

### Pronoun

canta f (masculine singular canto, masculine plural cantos, feminine plural cantas)
* (interrogative) how much

### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠə]

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

canta m (genitive singular canta, nominative plural cantaí)
* chunk

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
canta
cantaí
vocative
a chanta
a chantaí
genitive
canta
cantaí
dative
canta
cantaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an canta
na cantaí
genitive
an chanta
na gcantaí
dative
leis an gcanta don chanta
leis na cantaí :

##### Derived terms

* cantáil (“break off in chunks; grab, devour”, verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

canta
* past participle of can

#### Adjective

canta
* nice; neat, pretty

##### Derived terms

* cantacht f (“beauty, adornment”)

#### Noun

canta m
* genitive singular of canadh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* tanca

## Latin
### Verb

cantā
* second-person singular present active imperative of cantō

### References

* “canta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* canta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɐ̃.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: can‧ta
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sassarese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanta/

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

canta
* feminine singular of cantu

#### Pronoun

canta
* feminine singular of cantu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantà:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanta/ [ˈkãn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: can‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from cantar.

#### Noun

canta f (plural cantas)
* (Aragon, Venezuela) song; singing

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

canta
* inflection of cantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “canta”, 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

## Venetan
### Noun

canta f (plural cante)
* popular song