conto

[kon-toh, kawn-too]

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

/ 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of conto¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of conto¹

C17: from Portuguese, from Late Latin computus calculation, from computāre to reckon, _compute ; see _count ¹