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canto

Spanish, noun

canto is spelled C-A-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “singing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cantar. With an accent, cantó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of cantar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Serie de sonidos modulados de modo armonioso o rítmico por la voz humana”.

What does canto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesinging

  2. 2

    masculinesong

  3. 3

    masculinechant

noun

  1. 1

    masculineedge

  2. 2

    masculinecorner, especially the intersection of two streets

  3. 3

    masculineside

  4. 4

    masculinerarethickness

  5. 5

    masculinea piece of stone

  6. 6

    masculinecanthus

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of cantar

verb

as cantó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of cantar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Serie de sonidos modulados de modo armonioso o rítmico por la voz humana. 2. Arte o técnica de cantar₁. 3. Emisión de sonidos melodiosos o ritmícos por parte de un animal, o aquel que le es característico; generalmente, se aplica a las aves. 4. Composición poética, especialmente la perteneciente al género heroico, de tono elevado o solemne.

noun: 1. Borde o extremo que limita la forma de un objeto delgado. 2. Parte más extrema, punta, arista o remate de algo. 3. Esquina que forman las paredes externas de un edificio. 4. En un arma blanca, parte que está opuesta al filo.

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 canto

  • cantos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to canto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is canto in Spanish?

canto appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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