contar

From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō.

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kunˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [konˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [konˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. (transitive) to tell, to say

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): [konˈtaɾ]

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. (intransitive) to rely, to count [with con ‘on’]

• descontar
• recontar

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “contar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “contar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.

From Spanish.

contar

1. to tell (a story); to narrate

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

• Hyphenation: con‧tar

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

1. (transitive) to tell (to convey given information) [with que ‘that’]

   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 [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence

   O seu primeiro filho conta já dezoito anos. ― His firstborn is already eighteen years old.

5. (intransitive) to rely, to count [with com ‘on’]

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

6. (intransitive or transitive) to have at one’s disposal; to have available [with com or (uncommon) direct object ‘something’]

   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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:contar.

• contável
• contar vantagem

• Kabuverdianu: konta

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tar

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. (intransitive) to rely [with con ‘on’]
5. (intransitive) to have available [with con]

   Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente.

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

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

• contra, cantor, cortan, tranco, cartón

From Latin computō, computāre (compare Italian contare).

contar

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