contar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin computāre. Compare Occitan contar, French conter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

contar (first-person singular present conto, first-person singular preterite contí, past participle contat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to tell, to say

Conjugation

Further reading

• “contar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “contar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “contar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese contar, from Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō. Doublet of computar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to count; to compute

   Synonyms: computar, osmar

   • 1280, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 186:

     oſ quaeſ dez anos deſuſu ditos que am de uíír ſe deuẽ 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

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

References

• “contar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “contar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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); to narrate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese contar, from Latin computāre. Doublet of computar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧tar

Verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Contei vinte maçãs. ― I counted twenty apples.

4. (transitive) to be old; to have of existence

   O seu primeiro filho 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 (be of significance)

   Aquele ponto não contou, porque o jogador fez falta. ― That point didn’t count, because the player made a foul.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:contar.

Derived terms

• contável
• contar vantagem

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: konta

Further reading

• “contar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “contar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “contar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “contar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “contar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “contar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin computāre. Doublet of computar. Cognate with English count and compute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaɾ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tar

Verb

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

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

   Synonyms: narrar, relatar, platicar

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

   Cuando contaba treinta años.

   When he was thirty years of age

4. (transitive with con) to rely on
5. (transitive with con) to have available

   Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente.

   We have enough staff available to take good care of you.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “contar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• contra, cantor, cortan, tranco, cartón

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin computō, computāre (compare Italian contare).

Verb

contar

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