cantinela
Spanish, noun/kantiˈnela/
cantinela is spelled C-A-N-T-I-N-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantinela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “old story, same old same old, same old song and dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cantar, copla, composición poética breve, hecha generalmente para que se cante”.
What does cantinela mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineold story, same old same old, same old song and dance
la misma cantinela
- 2
femininegist
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cantar, copla, composición poética breve, hecha generalmente para que se cante. 2. Repetición molesta e importuna de alguna cosa.
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 cantinela
- cantinelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantinela?
- /kantiˈnela/
- [kãn̪.t̪iˈne.la]
- [kãn̪t̪iˈnela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantinela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantinela in Spanish?
cantinela appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).