conto

[ kon-toh; Portuguese kawn-too ]

noun,plural con·tos [kon-tohz; in Portugal kawn-toosh; in Brazil kawn-toos]. /ˈkɒn toʊz; in Portugal ˈkɔn tʊʃ; in Brazil ˈkɔn tʊs/.
  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.

Origin of conto

1
1595–1605; <Portuguese <Late Latin computus reckoning, noun derivative of Latin computāre to compute; see count1

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How to use conto in a sentence

  • But it is to show that they could act generously as well as hate bitterly that this story of Demetrios Contos is told.

  • Charley and I had been sceptical, but the fact of the crowd convinced us that there was something in Demetrios Contos's dare.

  • Sunday came, and with it came Demetrios Contos, to break the law defiantly in open day.

  • Demetrios Contos's face went black with rage when he learned Charley's judgment.

  • Nevertheless, the whole thing seemed unjust to me, and I felt very sorry for Demetrios Contos.

British Dictionary definitions for conto

conto

/ (ˈkɒntəʊ, Portuguese ˈkõːtu) /


nounplural -tos (-təʊz, Portuguese -tuʃ)
  1. a former Portuguese monetary unit worth 1000 escudos

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

Origin of conto

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

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