conto.
tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)
Meaning & usage
tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)
Eu vou contar um conto.
short story (work of fiction shorter than a novel)
count (a quantity counted) one million reis
count (a quantity counted) a thousand escudos
count (a quantity counted) five euros
count (a quantity counted) real (unit of currency)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese conto, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s), *comptu(s), from Latin computus (“calculation”). Doublet of cômputo.
the butt of a spear or polearm
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin contus (“pike”), from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “type of cavalry lance”).
first-person singular present indicative of contar
Where this word comes from
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