conta

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkon.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkon.ta]

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

conta

1. account
   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全 [Chinese English Instructor], volume VI, marginalia, page 56; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     砵地米干打
     *but¹ di⁶ mai⁵ gon¹ daa²
     putee my conta
     put it in my own account

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ta/

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• Homophones: contas, contât

conta

1. third-person singular past historic of conter

• canot, tacon

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ta/
• Rhymes: -onta
• Hyphenation: cón‧ta

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conta f (plural conte)

1. count, counting

   Synonym: conteggio

2. counting-out game

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conta

1. inflection of contare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• conta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• conta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• conta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• conta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• conta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• conta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Caton, canto, cantò

 

• Hyphenation: con‧ta

Deverbal from contar (“to count”).

conta f (plural contas)

1. (mathematics) operation, calculation

   Synonyms: operação, equação

   Resolva essa conta: cinco mais sete. ― Do this calculation: five plus seven.

2. account (a registration of someone’s permission to use a service, such as a bank or website)

   A minha conta não tem um centavo furado. ― My account doesn’t have a single penny.

3. bead (small perforated object that can be threaded)

   O fio do colar estourou e as contas caíram no chão. ― The necklace’s string ripped and the beads fell on the ground. Synonym: miçanga

4. bill; check (document that lists values to be paid)

   A conta de luz deu trezentos reais esse mês. ― The electricity bill was three hundred reais this month.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “conta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “conta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “conta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “conta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “conta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “conta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Italian contare, French compter, themselves from Latin computare (whence computa and cumpăta, borrowed and inherited doublets, respectively).

a conta (third-person singular present contează, past participle contat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to count (to be of significance; to matter), be an example of something
2. (intransitive, a conta pe) to count on (rely on, trust, base on)

• baza
• încrede

conta

1. (Sursilvan) third-person singular present active indicative of cantar

From Italian giunta.

conta (definite accusative contayı, plural contalar)

1. sealing ring, gasket (mechanical seal)

• contayı sıyırmak