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cantos

cantos is the plural of canto.

Meaning of canto

Noun

canto (plural cantos)

  1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
  2. The treble or leading melody.
  3. The designated division of a song.

See all 4 meanings of canto

Proper noun capitalized: Cantos

Cantos (plural Cantoses)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of cantos

pluralCantoses

Origin of cantos

Borrowed from Spanish Cantos. Usually a Filipino surname, but also a Spanish surname, prevalent in Ecuador and parts of Spain.

Questions about cantos

What does cantos mean?
Cantos means a surname from Spanish.
What is cantos the plural of?
Cantos is the plural of canto.
What part of speech is cantos?
Cantos is a proper noun.

Words near cantos in the dictionary

  1. cantorias
  2. cantoris
  3. cantors
  4. cantorship
  5. cantorships
  6. cantos
  7. Cantoses
  8. cantour
  9. cantours
  10. cantrail
  11. cantrails

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cantos (page history and authors); Cantos (page history and authors); canto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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