| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. An alternative spelling for "Cantarro": 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.[Websters]. | |
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"Cantar" is a common misspelling or typo for: cantara. |
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Date "Cantar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Cantar de gesta | A cantar de gesta is the Spanish version of the Old French chanson de geste. (references) | ||
| Cantar de Mio Cid | El Cantar de Mio Cid is the oldest conserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly, it was transmitted only orally, but in 1207 it was written down by Per Abad. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) in Madrid. However, it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in mediaeval Castilian, the ancestor of modern Spanish. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: CANTAR | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Cantar de Mio Cid | 12 | Ando cantándole al viento y no sólo por cantar | 4 | |
| Cantar de gesta | 5 | Cantar de gesta | 5 | |
| El Cantar de mi ciudad | 4 | Cantar de Mio Cid | 12 | |
| Ando cantándole al viento y no sólo por cantar | 4 | El Cantar de mi ciudad | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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