conto

American  

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

noun

contos plural

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.

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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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• contos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of conto

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

conto contos

The king's income, under the civil list, was a "conto of reis" a day, or something over £80,000 a year.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Took at Admiral's desire 500 dollars for my distribution of the 100 contos in part received—from which it appears that I am to have half per cent, for distribution.

From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of

Have you heard tell of the famous diamond of Abaete, which was valued at more than two million contos of reis?

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules

There are fifty-eight words, and that makes fifty-eight contos.

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules

Paid Shepherd, Clewley, Clare, Commissary, Doctors Escrivaõ, Jannary, and the Pilot, a proportion of 80 contos, in course of payment by the Junta.

From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of

It would be necessary to count by hundreds of contos.

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules