conto

[ kon-toh; Portuguese kawn-too ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural con·tos [kon, -tohz, kawn, -t, oo, sh, kawn, -t, oo, s].

conto

/ ˈkɒntəʊ; ˈkõːtu /

a former Portuguese monetary unit worth 1000 escudos
an unofficial Brazilian monetary unit worth 1000 cruzeiros (now replaced by the real)

Origin of conto¹

1595–1605; < Portuguese < Late Latin computus reckoning, noun derivative of Latin computāre to compute; count ¹

Origin of conto¹

C17: from Portuguese, from Late Latin computus calculation, from computāre to reckon, compute ; see count ¹

Chi fa il conto senza l'oste, gli convien farlo due volte—He who reckons without his host must reckon again.

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