cantador

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cantātor, cantātōrem.

Noun

cantador m (plural cantadors, feminine cantadora, feminine plural cantadoras)

  1. singer

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantātōrem, singular accusative of cantātor (musician, singer). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese cantador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantaˈdoɾ/

Noun

cantador m (plural cantadores)

  1. singer
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v.
      dixo heliſes viuo es el ſennor delos fóſados delant q́en ẏo eſto q́ ſi ń fueſſe por berguéça de ioſapha nó cataria ati nj not ueria. agora adozid me. j. cantador epues q́nt adios cantare ſera ſobrel ppħiſmo del criador.
      [Then] Elisha said, “The Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, [for] were it not out of regard for Jehoshaphat, I would not look at you nor see you. [But] now bring me a singer.” And so when to God he sings the prophecy of the Creator will be upon him.

Descendants

  • Spanish: cantador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cantador, from Latin cantātōrem. Compare Italian cantatore.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/ [kɐ̃.taˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.taˈdoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/ [kɐ̃.taˈdoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.taˈdoɻ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kɐ̃.tɐˈðoɾ]

  • Hyphenation: can‧ta‧dor

Adjective

cantador (feminine cantadora, masculine plural cantadores, feminine plural cantadoras)

  1. singing

Noun

cantador m (plural cantadores, feminine cantadeira, feminine plural cantadeiras)

  1. troubadour

Further reading

  • cantador” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish cantador, from Latin cantātōrem, agent noun based on cantāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantaˈdoɾ/ [kãn̪.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: can‧ta‧dor

Adjective

cantador (feminine cantadora, masculine plural cantadores, feminine plural cantadoras)

  1. singing

Further reading

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