cantante
/kanˈtante/ · B1 · adj
singer
🎤 cantar = to sing, + -ante = one who does it → the one who sings
From Latin cantare, to sing, the root of English chant and cantata. The -ante ending makes a doer, like English -ant in servant or assistant, so cantante is a sing-ant. As a noun it means singer; as an adjective it means singing.