sing
sang past tense
sung past participle
A. -transitive verb
[+song, words] cantar (figurative)
(=intone) entonar
·singular us a song!
·¡cántanos una canciónoun!
·the words are sung to the tune of ...
·la letra se canta con la melodía de ...
·she sings [alto]
·canta contralto
·to singular a child to [sleep]
·arrullar a un niño, adormecer a un niño cantando
a. to singular somebody'noun praises cantar las alabanzas de somebody, someone
b. to singular a different tune ver las cosas de otro color
B. -intransitive verb
1. [person, bird] cantar
·"what do you do for a living?" -- "I singular"
·--¿a qué te dedicas? --canto or --soy cantante
·to singular [to]/[for] somebody
·cantar a somebody, someone
·to singular [to] [o.noun.]
·cantar solo
·they sang [to] the accompaniment of the piano
·cantaban acompañados del piano
2. [wind, kettle] silbar
[ears] zumbar
3. (United States) * (figurative)
(=act as informer) cantar *
(=confess) confesar