cantador
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/
cantador is spelled C-A-N-T-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “troubadour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantor popular”.
What does cantador mean in English?
adjective
- 1
singing
noun
- 1
masculinetroubadour
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o que canta
noun: 1. cantor popular 2. poeta que canta seus próprios versos ao som da viola ou da rabeca, às vezes improvisando, quando então é chamado de repentista, muito popular nas feiras e quermesses no Nordeste 3. poeta de literatura de cordel; folheteiro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantador
- cantadora feminine
- cantadores masculine plural
- cantadoras feminine plural
- cantadeira feminine
- cantadeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantador?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.taˈdoh]
- /kɐ̃.taˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cantador in Portuguese?
cantador appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).