contado

Italian

Etymology

From Occitan comtat, from Latin comitātus. Doublet of contea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈta.do/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: con‧tà‧do

Noun

contado m (plural contadi)

1. (historical) county (territory of a count)

   Synonym: contea

2. (historical, Middle Ages) Territory under the jurisdiction of a comune
3. the countryside surrounding a city; the inhabitants of such countryside

Derived terms

• contadino (“peasant”)

Related terms

• comitato
• conte
• contea
• contessa

 

References

• contado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈta.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈta.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈta.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈta.du/ [kõˈta.ðu]

• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧do

Participle

contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtado/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]

Adjective

contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

1. counted
2. few

Derived terms

• al contado

Participle

contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

1. masculine singular past participle of contar

Further reading

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