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Definition of Cantar
1. n. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.
Definition of Cantar
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kantar) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cantar
1. an Arabic weight [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantar
Literary usage of Cantar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1842)
"cantar de pía- ла, То make a plain and full confession. ... cantar en tinaja, (Met.)
To be fond of one's own praise. CANTIGA, if. V. cantar. CANTIL, sm. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"cantar para fazer dor- in snow mir alguem, to sing one asleep. ... cantar a
perdiz, to call as a partridge does. cantar o corto, to crow, to croak like a ..."
3. Spanish-American Folk-songs by Eleanor Hague (1917)
"... And when I chide, he kisses me gayly, with laughter, He says I'ma fine^young
lady, etc. 55- A cantar A UNA NIÑA. (From Costa Rica. Sung by WC Riotte. ..."
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