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conto.

tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkõ.tu/Brazil/ˈkõ.tu/Portugal
  1. tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)

    masculine
    Eu vou contar um conto.
  2. short story (work of fiction shorter than a novel)

    masculine
  3. count (a quantity counted) one million reis

    masculine · obsolete
  4. count (a quantity counted) a thousand escudos

    Portugal · dated · masculine
  5. count (a quantity counted) five euros

    Portugal · masculine
  6. count (a quantity counted) real (unit of currency)

    Brazil · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese conto, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s), *comptu(s), from Latin computus (“calculation”). Doublet of cômputo.

noun/ˈkõ.tu/Brazil/ˈkõ.tu/Portugal
  1. the butt of a spear or polearm

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin contus (“pike”), from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “type of cavalry lance”).

verb/ˈkõ.tu/Brazil/ˈkõ.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of contar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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