cantoria
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.toˈɾi.ɐ/
cantoria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an instance of people singing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “concerto de vozes, música vocal”.
What does cantoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean instance of people singing
Escutei uma cantoria no quarto.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. concerto de vozes, música vocal 2. estilo de música vocal comum no nordeste brasileiro, caracterizada pelas letras improvisadas, geralmente, em forma de desafio entre cantores, e acompanhada de violão ou viola, em acordes simples e repetitivos
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 cantoria
- cantorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantoria?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.toˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.tuˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cantoria in Portuguese?
cantoria appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).