Canto in english
pronunciation: sɪŋɪŋ part of speech: noun
cantar2 = chant ; sing.
Example: Finally, add the mass confusion wrought by the sudden appearance of a new technology in the library, with its practitioners chanting acronymic prayers, seemingly derived from a mushroom ritual.Example: It is hoped that by the year 2000 there will not be a chorus of unemployed librarians singing 'Where have all the libraries gone?'.more:
» canción cantada a coro = singalong .
Example: Turning almost every tune into a loud singalong, the crowd drowned out the band at times.» cantar a grito pelado = belt out ; sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity. Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» cantar a la par = sing along .
Example: There are songs that when played, you just can't help but sing along.» cantar a pleno pulmón = belt out ; sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity. Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» cantar como (un) loco = sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» cantar desaforadamente = sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» cantar las alabanzas = sing + Posesivo + praises .
Example: Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.» cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade .
Example: It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.» cantarle la cartilla a Alguien = take + Nombre + to task ; tell + Nombe + off ; give + Nombre + a telling-off ; lecture ; let + Nombre + have it ; give + Nombre + a good talking-to .
Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast. Example: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today. Example: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work. Example: She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed. Example: When she refused, Sandler let her have it with a stream of expletives and yelled, 'I'm going to rip your throat out!'. Example: He said she's a good girl and a good worker but she just needs someone to give her a good talking-to = Dijo que ella es una buena chica y una buena trabajadora pero que sólo necesita que alguien le lea la cartilla.» cantar melodiosamente = croon .
Example: Of course, the actor obliged, and sat at the piano in the lobby, crooning for the young ladies.» cantar sin desentonar = sing in + tune .
Example: There are many people who love music and want to sing, but they don't know how to sing in tune.» cantar una serenata = serenade .
Example: Brooks then walked over to the fan, who has been battling breast cancer since June, and serenaded her sweetly.» cantar victoria = claim + victory ; speak too soon ; celebrate + victory .
Example: They must either claim victory now or accept defeat later. Example: But he spoke too soon -- since his outburst the national currency, the peso, has devalued by a third against the US dollar. Example: Despite the government's positive response to community land reform, it is still too early to celebrate victory.» cantar victoria antes de tiempo = speak too soon .
Example: But he spoke too soon -- since his outburst the national currency, the peso, has devalued by a third against the US dollar.» cantar y bailar = do + a song and dance routine .
Example: I was about sixteen when I teamed up with my father to do a song and dance routine in local night clubs.» coser y cantar = plain sailing ; walkover ; doss .
Example: The article is entitled 'Plain sailing with Swets' = El artículo se titula "Con Swets todo es coser y cantar". Example: The election is widely expected to be a walkover for him. Example: Many people think maternity leave is a doss.» desgañitarse cantando = sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» en menos que canta un gallo = in two shakes (of a donkey's tail) ; in two shakes (of a duck's tail) ; in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) ; in two licks ; in a snap ; in the blink of an eye ; in the twinkling of an eye ; in a jiff(y) ; with the tip of a hat ; in next to no time .
Example: This quiche is ready in two shakes of a donkey's tail and literally takes no time at all to put together. Example: After shaving the back of my neck, he sloshed a lather on my face and in two shakes of a duck's tail, my chin was as smooth as the bottom of a baby. Example: He said something to them turned around and was gone in two shakes of a lamb's tail. Example: I'm headed out to the barn to pull the buggy around -- I'll be back in two licks to give you a hand. Example: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free. Example: Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye. Example: You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling. Example: My son had his milk teeth removed and the doctor did it in a jiffy and my son didn't even realise. Example: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat. Example: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.» hartarse de cantar = sing + Posesivo + heart out .
Example: When I'm completely alone, I just turn the music up and sing my heart out.» levantarse al cantar el gallo = rise with + the lark ; get up with + the lark ; get up at + the crack of dawn .
Example: You are invited to rise with the lark and listen out for the fabulous dawn chorus. Example: We no longer get up with the lark and go to bed when the sun goes down. Example: My grandpa used to tell me about how he had to get up at the crack of dawn every day to start work on the farm.» los números cantan (por sí solos) = the numbers speak for themselves ; the numbers say it all .
Example: The numbers speak for themselves: for every two homeless children in 2006, there are now three -- and that's not the most frightening statistic. Example: The numbers say it all: on average, women are more educated than men globally, and now participate more fully in professional and technical occupations than they did 10 years ago.» no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched .
Example: You never know what may happen between now and August, so don't count your chickens before they are hatched.» no ser todo coser y cantar = be not all beer and skittles .
Example: Diplomacy is not all beer and skittles but this book can give that impression.» pasar en menos que canta un gallo = be a blip in time .
Example: No matter how grand or how dismal a situation is -- it's only one small blip in time.» ser coser y cantar = be a breeze ; be a cinch ; be a piece of cake ; be a doddle ; be a snap ; be a picnic ; be duck soup ; be a walk/stroll in/through/across the park .
Example: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze. Example: The article 'Singing with Children Is a Cinch!' explains how children learn to sing and discusses criteria for selecting songs suitable for young voices. Example: That was a piece of cake compared with getting the resulting research agency off the ground. Example: Sitting on top of a launch rocket waiting for somebody to push a button and send you hurtling off into outer space is a doddle when compared with diving. Example: The article is entitled 'Enhancing digital images is a snap'. Example: Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat. Example: Even driving the Taliban out of power from Afghanistan was duck soup compared to Iraq. Example: The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we've prepared for every new aggression.» tan fácil como coser y cantar = (as) simple as ABC ; (as) easy as ABC ; (as) easy as (apple) pie ; (as) easy/simple as 1,2,3 .
Example: Advocates of the dictionary catalogue claim that it is as simple as ABC and certainly there is no preliminary psychological barrier against its use. Example: Preventing infant deaths can be as easy as ABC if parents remember three simple ways to keep their little ones safe at night. Example: Sometimes it's incredible how we complicate things when they can be as easy as pie. Example: Calculating the amount of lye you need for your next soap recipe is as easy as 1,2,3.canto1 = singing ; chant.
Example: They ask for humorous plays, for plays with certain historical settings or for plays which incorporate music and singing in some form.Example: An antiphonal chant was performed in alternation, with one half of the choir answering the other half.more:
» canto del gallo = cockcrow .
Example: You should prepare yourself for an early rise, along with the cockcrow from the numerous roosters that are living close to the hotel.» canto de los pájaros = bird-song .
Example: For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.» canto de los pájaros al amanecer = morning chorus [También denominado dawn chorus] ; dawn chorus [También llamado morning chorus] .
Example: Every location in the world has a morning chorus and a different bird begins it, depending on the geographical location. Example: Birds have different threshold of light intensity at which they begin to sing in the morning and that is why the same bird always begins the dawn chorus.» canto fúnebre = dirge .
Example: This page contains various poems dedicated to the mourning over deaths of beloved people, dirges and chants recounting of sadness and loss.» canto gregoriano = Gregorian chant .
Example: For modern listeners, the sounds of Gregorian chant are compelling, with words and rhythms that seem at once familiar and remote.» con el canto del gallo = at cockcrow .
Example: I can't think of any big city in Europe where you wake up literally at cockcrow.canto2 = edge.
Example: As used in an index each card acts as a surrogate for one document, and the index terms for that document are encoded around the edge of the card.more:
» canto delantero = fore-edge [fore edge] .
Example: A double leaf is a leaf of double size with a fold at the fore edge or at the top edge of the book.» canto externo = fore-edge [fore edge] ; outside edge .
Example: A double leaf is a leaf of double size with a fold at the fore edge or at the top edge of the book. Example: When sharpening a drill bit, never hone the outside edge or circumference of the bit.» canto interno = inside edge .
Example: So, on the left skate, the right side is the inside edge, but on the right skate, the left side is the inside edge.» cerrar a cal y canto = bolt + Nombre + closed [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas] ; bolt + Nombre + shut .
Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed. Example: When they were in the kitchen, Baylor shut the door leading into the garage and bolted it shut.» darse con un canto en los dientes = count + Reflexivo + lucky ; think + Reflexivo + lucky ; consider + Reflexivo + lucky ; cut + a fat hog (in the ass) .
Example: Yet Mills & Boon editors admit that if they can find three or four really good new writers a year they count themselves lucky. Example: Cheryl will no doubt be thinking herself lucky that she hasn't got a custodial sentence. Example: Steinhagen considered herself lucky because she had a clear notion of what her host country expected of her and encountered few surprises. Example: Nobody is so dumb that they don't see that the Federal Government employees at every level have been cut a fat hog -- good salaries, no layoffs.» de canto = edgeways ; edgewise .
Example: Another interesting observation is that this type of blade will be stiffer edgeways as well as sideways. Example: It is a swirling abstract pattern made of ribbons of paper mounted edgewise on canvas.» faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth ; come + very close to ; be inches from .
Example: The middle class holds on by the skin of its teeth, saved from a real downward slide only by record increases in the number of dual-income families. Example: A new hypothesis about recent human evolution suggests that we came very close to extinction because of a 'volcanic winter' that occurred 71000 years ago. Example: As I turned a cyclist came from nowhere and I was inches from knocking him over and if not for a slam on the brakes, I'd have taken him down.