Polyglot Dictionary

cantor

/kanˈtoɾ/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cantores

Meaning

  1. singer

    • El cantor entonó una copla.

      The singer sang a verse.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cantante

cantante is the standard, modern word for "singer," like a pop singer; cantor is more traditional or religious, like a church cantor, or literary.

Similar in other languages

German

Sänger

Sänger is the German word for the same thing — both mean "singer."

Portuguese

cantor

cantor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "singer."

Practice

1 What does cantor mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ entonó una copla.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cantor?

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