Asturian

Etymology

From Latin comput?re, present active infinitive of comput?.

Verb

contar (first-person singular indicative present conto, past participle contáu)

1. (transitive) count (enumerate or determine a number)

Conjugation

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon'ta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun'ta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon'ta?/
• Rhymes: -a(?)

Verb

contar (first-person singular present conto, past participle contat)

1. to tell, say

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese contar, from Latin comput?re, present active infinitive of comput?. Doublet of computar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon'ta?]

Verb

contar (first-person singular present conto, first-person singular preterite contei, past participle contado)

1. (transitive) to count; to compute
   • 1280, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI. Coimbra: I.N.I.C., pp. 186:

     os quaes dez anos desusu ditos que am de uíír se deu? a contar deste dia ena era desta carta

     said ten aforementioned years to come must be counted from this day of the date of this charter

   Synonyms: computar, osmar

2. (transitive) to tell, recount, narrate

   Avó, cóntame un conto! - Gandfather, tell me a story!

3. (intransitive) to count, matter (to be of significance)
4. (transitive with con) to count on

Conjugation

Derived terms

• descontar
• recontar

Related terms

• computar
• cómputo
• conta
• conto

References

• "contar" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• "contar" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• "contar" in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• "contar" in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• "contar" in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Etymology

From Spanish.

Verb

contar

1. to tell (a story); narrate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese contar, from Latin comput?re, present active infinitive of comput?. Doublet of computar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.'ta?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.'ta(?)/, [kõ.'t?ä(?)]
• Hyphenation: con?tar

Verb

contar (first-person singular present indicative conto, past participle contado)

1. (transitive with que) to tell that (to convey a given information)

   Eles nos contaram que quase morreram. - They told us that they almost died.

2. (transitive) to tell; to narrate (to relate a story or series of events)

   Às vezes precisamos contar umas mentiras. - Sometimes we need to tell some lies.

3. (transitive) to count (to determine the quantity of)

   Contei vinte maçãs. - I counted twenty apples.

4. (transitive) to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence

   O seu primogênito conta já dezoito anos. - His firstborn is already eighteen years old.

5. (transitive with com) to rely on; to count on

   Contamos contigo para trazer a munição. - We are counting on you to bring the ammunition.

6. (transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one's disposal; to have available

   Nosso país conta com um exército medíocre. - Our country has a mediocre army.

7. (intransitive) to count; to matter (to be of significance)

   Aquele gol não contou, porque o jogador estava impedido. - That goal didn't count, because the player was offside.

8. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of contar
9. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of contar
10. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of contar
11. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of contar

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:contar.

Derived terms

• contar vantagem

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: konta

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin comput?re, present active infinitive of comput?. Doublet of computar. Cognate with English count.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon'ta?/, [kõn?'t?a?]

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Verb

contar (first-person singular present cuento, first-person singular preterite conté, past participle contado)

1. to count; to tally
2. to tell (a story); narrate

   Synonyms: narrar, relatar, platicar

3. to be (a certain number of years of age)

   Cuando contaba treinta años. - When he was thirty years of age

4. (+ con) to rely on
5. (+ con) to have available

   Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente. - We have enough staff available to take good care of you.

Conjugation

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin comput?, comput?re (compare Italian contare).

Verb

contar

1. (transitive) to count (all senses)
2. (transitive) to tell (a story)