# cantar

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #2,221

## Definitions
1. emitir sons vocálicos formando uma sequência melodiosa
2. dizer em voz alta os números ou valores obtidos em um sorteio ou jogo
3. cortejar, aliciar ou seduzir

## Easily confused with
- **cata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cata)
- **conta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-conta)
- **carta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-carta)
- **canto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-canto)
- **citar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-citar)
- **cinta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cinta)
- **cavar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cavar)
- **contar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-contar)
- **cartão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cartao)
- **causar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-causar)
- **conter** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-conter)
- **cartaz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cartaz)
- **captar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-captar)
- **chutar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-chutar)
- **castor** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-castor)
- **caviar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-caviar)
- **cassar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cassar)
- **constar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-constar)
- **centrar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-centrar)
- **cantata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantar-vs-cantata)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acntar`, `canatr`, `canntar`, `cantarr`, `cantra`, `canttar`, `catnar`, `ccantar`, `cnatar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/cantar