Today's
WOTD is: "canción" = song
In
Spanish, “canción”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
song,
as in:
- Esa canción me gusta mucho (I like that song a lot);
The diminutive form
“cancioncita” (little song) is a quite commonly used word.
A related word is “cantor”
(masculine) or “cantora” (feminine), meaning singer
or singing, as in:
- Los niños cantores de Viena (The Vienna Boys Choir -singing children)
- Aves cantoras (singing birds)
Also a related word is
“cantante”, meaning singer or singing also,
as in:
- Un cantante muy famoso (a very famous singer -male)
- Una cantante muy famosa (a very famous singer -female)
Also related is the action
word/ verb “cantar”, meaning to sing, as:
- ¿Quién va a cantar una canción? (who is going to sing a song)
The Spanish noun “canción”
is also used to refer to an epic poem/ chanson de geste,
(see expressions below)
Some Spanish expressions with the word “canción” are:
- Canción de cuna (lullaby);
- Canción de gesta (medieval epic poem/ chanson de geste);
- Ser otra canción (to be very different);
- Cualquiera se tira de cabeza al agua, pero desde una altura de 25 metros, eso es otra canción (anybody can dive into the water, but diving from a height of 25 meters is another matter);
- Canción de fondo (background music/ song)
- Canción infantil (children's song)
- Canción pegadiza (catchy song)
- Canción protesta (protest song)
- Cantar una canción (to sing a song)
- Como dice la canción (as the song goes)
- Componer una canción (to write/ compose a song)
- Escuchar una canción (to listen to a song)
- La Canción del Pirata (poem by Spanish Romantic poet Jose de Espronceda)
- La letra de una canción (the lyrics of a song)
- Oir una cancion (to hear a song)
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "canción" in the YouTube clip: La Canción de las Vocales - A E I O U
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “canción”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
© Copyright 2015 Love-Spanish.com. by Jose M González. All Rights Reserved.
No comments:
Post a Comment