Also means
to pitch
Usage Note
Entonar means to pitch one's voice correctly or to intone a song, prayer, or chant. It also has a figurative sense of 'to perk up' or 'to invigorate' (un café te entona), especially in colloquial Spain. The related noun entonación is the standard term for intonation in linguistics and language teaching.
Examples
"El coro entonó un himno al amanecer."
Natural Translation
The choir intoned a hymn at dawn.

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