conta

See also: Conta, contá, contâ, and -conta-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkun.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkon.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkon.ta]

Verb

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chinese Pidgin English

Noun

conta

1. account
   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全 [Chinese English Instructor], volume VI, marginalia, page 56; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     砵地米干打
     *but¹ di⁶ mai⁵ gon¹ daa²
     putee my conta
     put it in my own account

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: contas, contât

Verb

conta

1. third-person singular past historic of conter

Anagrams

• canot, tacon

Galician

Verb

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ta/
• Rhymes: -onta
• Hyphenation: cón‧ta

Etymology 1

Cognate with Sicilian conta.

Noun

conta f (plural conte)

1. count, counting

   Synonym: conteggio

2. counting-out game

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conta

1. inflection of contare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “conta”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “conta” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “conta” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “conta” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “conta” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “conta”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Caton, canto, cantò

Portuguese

contas (3)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.tɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin putus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin putō

Latin computāre

Old Galician-Portuguese contar

Portuguese contardeverb.

Portuguese conta

Deverbal from contar (“to count”).

Noun

conta f (plural contas)

1. (mathematics) operation, calculation

   Synonyms: operação, equação

   Resolva essa conta: cinco mais sete. ― Do this calculation: five plus seven.

2. account (a registration of someone’s permission to use a service, such as a bank or website)

   A minha conta não tem um centavo furado. ― My account doesn’t have a single penny.

3. bead (small perforated object that can be threaded)

   O fio do colar estourou e as contas caíram no chão. ― The necklace’s string ripped and the beads fell on the ground. Synonym: miçanga

4. bill; check (document that lists values to be paid)

   A conta de luz deu trezentos reais esse mês. ― The electricity bill was three hundred reais this month.

Derived terms

• continha (diminutive)
• (rare) contona (augmentative)

• ajustar contas
• além da conta
• conta-corrente
• demais da conta
• fazer as contas
• fazer de conta
• levar em conta
• por conta
• por conta própria
• ser da conta de

Related terms

• contábil
• contabilidade
• contabilizar
• contado
• contador
• contadoria
• contagem
• conto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conta

1. inflection of contar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “conta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “conta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “conta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “conta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “conta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian contare, French compter, themselves from Latin computāre (whence computa and cumpăta, borrowed and inherited doublets, respectively).

Verb

a conta (third-person singular present contează, past participle contat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to count (to be of significance; to matter), be an example of something
2. (intransitive, a conta pe) to count on (rely on, trust, base on)

Conjugation

    conjugation of conta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a conta
gerund			contând
past participle			contat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	contez	contezi	contează	contăm	contați	contează
	imperfect	contam	contai	conta	contam	contați	contau
	simple perfect	contai	contași	contă	contarăm	contarăți	contară
	pluperfect	contasem	contaseși	contase	contaserăm	contaserăți	contaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să contez	să contezi	să conteze	să contăm	să contați	să conteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		contează			contați
	negative		nu conta			nu contați

See also

• baza
• încrede

Romansh

Verb

conta

1. (Sursilvan) third-person singular present active indicative of cantar

Turkish

Etymology

Derived from Italian giunta.

Noun

conta (definite accusative contayı, plural contalar)

1. sealing ring, gasket (mechanical seal)

Declension

Declension of conta

singular plural nominative conta contalar definite accusative contayı contaları dative contaya contalara locative contada contalarda ablative contadan contalardan genitive contanın contaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular contam contalarım 2nd singular contan contaların 3rd singular contası contaları 1st plural contamız contalarımız 2nd plural contanız contalarınız 3rd plural contaları contaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular contamı contalarımı 2nd singular contanı contalarını 3rd singular contasını contalarını 1st plural contamızı contalarımızı 2nd plural contanızı contalarınızı 3rd plural contalarını contalarını dative singular plural 1st singular contama contalarıma 2nd singular contana contalarına 3rd singular contasına contalarına 1st plural contamıza contalarımıza 2nd plural contanıza contalarınıza 3rd plural contalarına contalarına locative singular plural 1st singular contamda contalarımda 2nd singular contanda contalarında 3rd singular contasında contalarında 1st plural contamızda contalarımızda 2nd plural contanızda contalarınızda 3rd plural contalarında contalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular contamdan contalarımdan 2nd singular contandan contalarından 3rd singular contasından contalarından 1st plural contamızdan contalarımızdan 2nd plural contanızdan contalarınızdan 3rd plural contalarından contalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular contamın contalarımın 2nd singular contanın contalarının 3rd singular contasının contalarının 1st plural contamızın contalarımızın 2nd plural contanızın contalarınızın 3rd plural contalarının contalarının

Derived terms

• contayı sıyırmak