cantera

From cantar (“to sing”) +‎ -era (“[suffix indicating desire]”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kənˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kanˈte.ɾa]

cantera f (plural canteres)

1. the urge to sing, to feel like singing

• “cantera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

cantera f (plural cantere)

1. drawer (of a chest)
2. a piece of furniture usually multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes

• cassetto

• antrace, arcante, cantare, crenata

From canto +‎ -era.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈteɾa/ [kãn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: can‧te‧ra

cantera f (plural canteras)

1. quarry
2. talent, ingeniosity
3. academy, reserve team

• “cantera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024