cantito

Latin

Etymology

From cantō (“I sing”) +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ti.toː/, [ˈkän̪t̪ɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ti.to/, [ˈkän̪t̪it̪o]

Verb

cantitō (present infinitive cantitāre, perfect active cantitāvī, supine cantitātum); first conjugation

1. to sing often or repeatedly

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cantitō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cantitō	cantitās	cantitat	cantitāmus	cantitātis	cantitant
	imperfect	cantitābam	cantitābās	cantitābat	cantitābāmus	cantitābātis	cantitābant
	future	cantitābō	cantitābis	cantitābit	cantitābimus	cantitābitis	cantitābunt
	perfect	cantitāvī	cantitāvistī	cantitāvit	cantitāvimus	cantitāvistis	cantitāvērunt, cantitāvēre
	pluperfect	cantitāveram	cantitāverās	cantitāverat	cantitāverāmus	cantitāverātis	cantitāverant
	future perfect	cantitāverō	cantitāveris	cantitāverit	cantitāverimus	cantitāveritis	cantitāverint
passive	present	cantitor	cantitāris, cantitāre	cantitātur	cantitāmur	cantitāminī	cantitantur
	imperfect	cantitābar	cantitābāris, cantitābāre	cantitābātur	cantitābāmur	cantitābāminī	cantitābantur
	future	cantitābor	cantitāberis, cantitābere	cantitābitur	cantitābimur	cantitābiminī	cantitābuntur
	perfect	cantitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cantitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cantitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cantitem	cantitēs	cantitet	cantitēmus	cantitētis	cantitent
	imperfect	cantitārem	cantitārēs	cantitāret	cantitārēmus	cantitārētis	cantitārent
	perfect	cantitāverim	cantitāverīs	cantitāverit	cantitāverīmus	cantitāverītis	cantitāverint
	pluperfect	cantitāvissem	cantitāvissēs	cantitāvisset	cantitāvissēmus	cantitāvissētis	cantitāvissent
passive	present	cantiter	cantitēris, cantitēre	cantitētur	cantitēmur	cantitēminī	cantitentur
	imperfect	cantitārer	cantitārēris, cantitārēre	cantitārētur	cantitārēmur	cantitārēminī	cantitārentur
	perfect	cantitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cantitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cantitā	—	—	cantitāte	—
	future	—	cantitātō	cantitātō	—	cantitātōte	cantitantō
passive	present	—	cantitāre	—	—	cantitāminī	—
	future	—	cantitātor	cantitātor	—	—	cantitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cantitāre	cantitāvisse	cantitātūrum esse	cantitārī	cantitātum esse	cantitātum īrī
participles		cantitāns	—	cantitātūrus	—	cantitātus	cantitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cantitandī	cantitandō	cantitandum	cantitandō	cantitātum	cantitātū

References

• “cantito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cantito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cantito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From canto (“singing”) +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtito/ [kãn̪ˈt̪i.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: can‧ti‧to

Noun

cantito m (plural cantitos)

1. (Honduras, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) accent (The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language.)

   Synonyms: acento, deje, dejo, cantadito

Further reading

• “cantito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “cantito”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010