canción

song

noun kahn-SYOHN Common

Origin: From Latin cantio, cantionis (a singing), from cantare (to sing).

Usage Note

Canción is feminine and its plural canciones drops the written accent on the o because the stress shifts naturally to that syllable with the suffix. It refers to any song regardless of genre. The related canto tends to mean singing as an art form or a chant, while canción is the individual song. A singer is cantante (common gender).

Examples

"Esa canción me recuerda a mi infancia."

Natural Translation

That song reminds me of my childhood.

Literal Translation

That song to-me remembers to my childhood

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