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chantar

Spanish, verb/t͡ʃanˈtaɾ/

chantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to stop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “defecar”.

What does chantar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    slangto stop

  2. 2

    vulgarto fuck

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. defecar 2. orinar 3. librarse de una preocupación 4. pastar

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 chantar

  • chanto first-person present singular
  • chanté first-person preterite singular
  • chantado participle past
  • chantando gerund
  • chantada feminine participle past
  • chantados masculine participle past
  • chantadas feminine participle past
  • chantas indicative informal present
  • chantás indicative informal present
  • chanta indicative present singular
  • chantamos first-person indicative plural
  • chantáis indicative plural present
  • chantan indicative plural present
  • chantaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • chantabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • chantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • chantabais imperfect indicative plural
  • chantaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce chantar?

  • /t͡ʃanˈtaɾ/
  • [t͡ʃãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chantar in Spanish?

chantar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.

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