cantar-2
chant ; sing.
Finally, add the mass confusion wrought by the sudden appearance of a new technology in the library, with its practitioners chanting acronymic prayers, seemingly derived from a mushroom ritual.
It is hoped that by the year 2000 there will not be a chorus of unemployed librarians singing 'Where have all the libraries gone?'.
canción cantada a coro
singalong
Turning almost every tune into a loud singalong, the crowd drowned out the band at times.
cantar a grito pelado
belt out
Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity.
cantar a pleno pulmón
belt out
Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity.
cantar las alabanzas
sing + Posesivo + praises
Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.
cantarlas claras
call + a spade a spade
It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
cantar melodiosamente
croon
Of course, the actor obliged, and sat at the piano in the lobby, crooning for the young ladies.
cantar sin desentonar
sing in + tune
There are many people who love music and want to sing, but they don't know how to sing in tune.
cantar victoria
claim + victory
speak too soon
celebrate + victory
They must either claim victory now or accept defeat later.
But he spoke too soon - since his outburst the national currency, the peso, has devalued by a third against the US dollar.
Despite the government's positive response to community land reform, it is still too early to celebrate victory.
cantar victoria antes de tiempo
speak too soon
But he spoke too soon - since his outburst the national currency, the peso, has devalued by a third against the US dollar.
coser y cantar
plain sailing
walkover
The article is entitled 'Plain sailing with Swets' = El artículo se titula "Con Swets todo es coser y cantar".
The election is widely expected to be a walkover for him.
hartarse de cantar
sing + Posesivo + heart out
When I'm completely alone, I just turn the music up and sing my heart out.
levantarse al cantar el gallo
rise with + the lark
get up with + the lark
get up at + the crack of dawn
You are invited to rise with the lark and listen out for the fabulous dawn chorus.
We no longer get up with the lark and go to bed when the sun goes down.
My grandpa used to tell me about how he had to get up at the crack of dawn every day to start work on the farm.
no cantes victoria antes de tiempo
don't count your chickens before they are hatched
You never know what may happen between now and August, so don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
no ser todo coser y cantar
not be all beer and skittles
Diplomacy is not all beer and skittles but this book can give that impression.
ser coser y cantar
be a breeze
be a cinch
be a piece of cake
be a doddle
be a snap
be a picnic
be duck soup
be a walk in the park
We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.
The article 'Singing with Children Is a Cinch!' explains how children learn to sing and discusses criteria for selecting songs suitable for young voices.
That was a piece of cake compared with getting the resulting research agency off the ground.
Sitting on top of a launch rocket waiting for somebody to push a button and send you hurtling off into outer space is a doddle when compared with diving.
The article is entitled 'Enhancing digital images is a snap'.
Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat.
Even driving the Taliban out of power from Afghanistan was duck soup compared to Iraq.
The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we've prepared for every new aggression.
tan fácil como coser y cantar
as simple as ABC
Advocates of the dictionary catalogue claim that it is as simple as ABC and certainly there is no preliminary psychological barrier against its use.
