cante
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
cante is spelled C-A-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of canto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of cantar.
What does cante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of canto
- 2
Portugalmasculinegenre of traditional music from the Portuguese region of Alentejo, usually performed a cappella by amateur choral groups
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cante
- cantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cante?
- Brazil /ˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cante in Portuguese?
cante appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).