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cânta
to sing /kɨnˈta/
verb#690 most common
Also: to play (an instrument), to chant
Example sentences
Ea cântă.
She sings.
Copiii cântă un cântec vesel.
The children sing a happy song.
El cântă la chitară în fiecare seară.
He plays guitar every evening.
Am cântat la pian când eram mic.
I played piano when I was little.
Dacă ai cânta mai încet, ai putea auzi orchestra.
If you sang more quietly, you could hear the orchestra.
Deși nu cântase niciodată în public, a urcat pe scenă cu încredere.
Although she had never sung in public before, she walked on stage with confidence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | cânt | cântai | voi cânta |
| 2sg | cânți | cântași | vei cânta |
| 3sg | cântă | cântă | va cânta |
| 1pl | cântăm | cântarăm | vom cânta |
| 2pl | cântați | cântarăți | veți cânta |
| 3pl | cântă | cântară | vor cânta |
Word family
cântecsong
cântărețmale singer
cântăreațăfemale singer
cântarethe act of singing, a chant
încântatdelighted, pleased
Etymology
Cânta comes from Latin cantare, the frequentative form of canere, meaning to sing repeatedly or habitually. Romanian kept the verb almost unchanged through fourteen centuries of sound shifts. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and left traces in English through borrowed and learned words.
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