contar
Meaning
- (transitive) to count; to tally
- (transitive) to tell (a story); narrate
- (transitive) to be (a certain number of years of age)
- (intransitive) to rely
- (intransitive) to have available
Concepts
tell story
entre-among
see sin contar
Synonyms
dar noticia
esperar con expectación
hacer las cuentas
hacer los cálculos
contar algo fielmente
Frequency
Hyphenated as
con‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/konˈtaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Latin computāre. Doublet of computar. Cognate with English count and compute.
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