canté

canté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of cantar

Unknown. Attested since the 18th century. Cognate with rural northern Portuguese canté.

canté

1. (dated, idiomatic) certainly; you bet
2. (dated, idiomatic) if only
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Ahi vay esa esmoliña
     p'rá à virxen à empregà
     que che lla dou de boa mentes;
     ¡cantè quen poidera mais!

     There it goes this little alms,
     Apply it to the Virgin
     because I give it to her willingly
     If only I could give more!

• “canté” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “canté” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canté” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin cantāre.

• IPA^(key): /kaŋˈte/

canté

1. to sing

• IPA^(key): /kanˈte/ [kãn̪ˈt̪e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: can‧té

canté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of cantar