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cantar

/kanˈtaɾ/, [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

sing, to sing

Gerund: cantando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular cantado cantada
Plural cantados cantadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo canto cantaba canté cantaré cantaría
tú cantas cantabas cantaste cantarás cantarías
él/ella/Ud. canta cantaba cantó cantará cantaría
nosotros cantamos cantábamos cantamos cantaremos cantaríamos
vosotros cantáis cantabais cantasteis cantaréis cantaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. cantan cantaban cantaron cantarán cantarían
vos cantás cantabas cantaste cantarás cantarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo cante cantara cantase cantare
tú cantes cantaras cantases cantares
él/ella/Ud. cante cantara cantase cantare
nosotros cantemos cantáramos cantásemos cantáremos
vosotros cantéis cantarais cantaseis cantareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. canten cantaran cantasen cantaren
vos cantés cantaras cantases cantares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú canta no cantes
Ud. cante no cante
nosotros cantemos no cantemos
vosotros cantad no cantéis
Uds. canten no canten
vos cantá no cantes

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Examples

  • No fue exactamente coser y cantar.

    It wasn't exactly a piece of cake.

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  • Ella podía cantar todas las canciones de Schubert mientras tocaba el piano.

    She could sing all Schubert songs while playing the piano.

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  • A ella le gusta cantar.

    She likes to sing.

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  • Le gusta cantar.

    He likes singing.

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  • Me gusta cantar.

    I like to sing.

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  • ¿Sabes cantar el Himno Nacional Argentino?

    Can you sing the Argentine National Anthem?

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  • Ojalá pudiera yo cantar bien.

    If only I could sing well.

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  • A veces oigo a mi padre cantar en el baño.

    I sometimes hear my father singing in the bath.

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  • Un ruiseñor no va a cantar en una jaula.

    A nightingale will not sing in a cage.

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  • Comiencen a cantar.

    Start singing.

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