cântico
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cântigo (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin canticum (“song, chanted passage in a comedy”), from cantus (“song”), from canō (“to sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.ti.ku/
- Hyphenation: cân‧ti‧co
Noun
cântico m (plural cânticos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cântico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cântico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026