conto

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (masculine) tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)
2. (masculine) short story (work of fiction shorter than a novel)
3. (masculine, obsolete) count (a quantity counted)
4. (Portugal, dated, masculine) count (a quantity counted)
5. (Portugal, masculine) count (a quantity counted)
6. (Brazil, masculine, slang) count (a quantity counted)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of contar

contar

1. (transitive) to tell (to convey given information)
2. (transitive) to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events)
3. (transitive) to count (determine the quantity of)
4. (transitive) to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence
5. (intransitive) to rely, to count
6. (intransitive, transitive) to have at one’s disposal; to have available
7. (intransitive) to count; to matter (be of significance)

Lees meer

Sinonieme

história

novela

estória

fábula

narrativa

mentirinha

crônica

lenda

mentira

narração

conto de fadas

pessoa conhecida

Vertalings

story

Geschichte

cuento

Erzählung

conte

racconto

verhaal

tale

historia

storia

short story

histoire

conte

nouvelle

història

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkõ.tu/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: computus

In summary

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