cántara
Spanish, noun
cántara is spelled C-Á-N-T-A-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cántara is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “synonym of cántaro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cantará is a different word: “third-person singular future indicative of cantar”. Without its accent, cantara is a different word: “first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cántaro grande”.
What does cántara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of cántaro
- 2
femininea unit of liquid measurement used in Spain, primarily for wine; equal to 16.133 liters or four cuartillas
verb
- 1
third-person singular future indicative of cantar
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cantar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medida antigua de capacidad para líquidos equivalente a 16,128 litros u 8 azumbres. 2. Cántaro grande.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cántara
- cántaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cántara in Spanish?
cántara appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).