How to Say "to sing" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to sing” is “cantar” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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to produce musical sounds with the voice

Examples
Mi hermana canta muy bien. Quiere ser cantante profesional.
My sister sings very well. She wants to be a professional singer.
¿Qué canción estabas cantando esta mañana?
What song were you singing this morning?
Ojalá cantemos karaoke el viernes.
I hope we sing karaoke on Friday.
Easy Regular Verb
Cantar is perfectly regular, meaning the endings follow the simplest pattern for all verbs that end in -ar. Once you learn 'canto, cantas, canta,' you know how to conjugate hundreds of other verbs!
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