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conto

American  
[kon-toh, kawn-too] / ˈkɒn toʊ, ˈkɔn tʊ /

noun

plural

contos

  1. a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.

  2. a former money of account in Portugal and Brazil equal to 1000 milreis.

conto British  
/ ˈkɒntəʊ, ˈkõːtu /

noun

  1. a former Portuguese monetary unit worth 1000 escudos

  2. an unofficial Brazilian monetary unit worth 1000 cruzeiros (now replaced by the real)

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Etymology

Origin of conto

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

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