Cántara in english
pronunciation: kntɑrə part of speech: none
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.cántaro = pitcher.
Example: It refers to the story of the milkmaid who planned what to do with the money she would get for her milk, but dropped the pitcher on the way to market.more:
» a cántaros = cats and dogs [Generalmente referido a la lluvia] .
Example: It was hailing cats and dogs the other day, and I was still tailgated by a moron in a large SUV (sport utilitarian vehicle).» llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs ; tip it down with + rain ; pelt (it down) with + rain ; chuck it down (with rain) ; piss + it down with rain ; lash it down with + rain ; teem with + rain ; hammer + it down with rain ; the heavens + open ; rain + pour down ; pour down ; pour down with + rain ; be coming down in buckets ; the heavens + let loose ; bucket it down (with rain) ; pelt it down ; be pissing it down (with rain) ; be pissing it down (with rain) ; rain + stair rods ; rain + come down + in/like stair rods ; rain + pitchforks ; rain + buckets ; rain + torrents ; rain + come down + in buckets ; rain + come down + by the bucketful ; rain by + the bucketful .
Example: Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event. Example: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine. Example: When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope. Example: The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time. Example: What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain. Example: It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd. Example: Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you. Example: She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house. Example: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car. Example: While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego. Example: It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers. Example: Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain. Example: For about the last month we've had rain almost every day and some of it was coming down in buckets. Example: Then the heavens let loose and people sought shelter anywhere and everywhere they could. Example: It was another five hour journey, and despite being summer, it bucketed it down with rain for at least two hours of that. Example: Unfortunately when we arrived at the football ground for our cup tie, it was pelting it down and the referee called the match off. Example: The day when we arrived it was pissing it down with rain, so we were stuck in our hostel. Example: The day when we arrived it was pissing it down with rain, so we were stuck in our hostel. Example: If it's not blowing a gale and raining stair rods then it's three foot of snow and minus three... which isn't bad for a British summer!. Example: He hadn't a clue what the time was and the rain was coming down like stair rods. Example: It was raining pitchforks with the tines down, and it was no good walking unless you had fins. Example: It's raining buckets again today, so as soon as we get more sun breaks, I'll head back out. Example: On Saturday it was cold and raining torrents but people showed up. Example: I woke up to the wind howling and the rain coming down in buckets, and from all indications, it's going to continue along those lines most of the day. Example: The time of year has come upon us where the darkness sets in a little earlier every evening and the rain comes down by the bucketful. Example: It was raining by the bucketful and when I came home my pants were dripping water for ages.» lluvia a cántaros = pouring rain ; rain by the bucketful ; pouring driving rain .
Example: And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain. Example: It started on Friday with abysmal weather howling wind and rain by the bucketful. Example: He excused himself because he was snivelling a bit as a result of sitting outside on Sunday for five hours in pouring driving rain, freezing his nuts off.