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How to Say "to sing" in Spanish

The Spanish word forto singis cantarA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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to produce musical sounds with the voice
A joyful person standing on a stage singing loudly into a microphone, with colorful musical notes floating around their head.

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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