# conta
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkon.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkon.ta]

### Verb

conta
* inflection of contar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Chinese Pidgin English
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Portuguese conta?”

### Noun

conta
* account
** 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全 [Chinese English Instructor], volume VI, marginalia, page 56; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
    砵地米干打 *but$^1$ di$^6$ mai$^5$ gon$^1$ daa$^2$ putee my conta put it in my own account

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: contas, contât

### Verb

conta
* third-person singular past historic of conter

### Anagrams

* canot, tacon

## Galician
### Verb

conta
* inflection of contar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkon.ta/
* Rhymes: -onta
* Hyphenation: cón‧ta

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

conta f (plural conte)
* count, counting
    Synonym: conteggio
* counting-out game

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conta
* inflection of contare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* conta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* conta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* conta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* conta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* conta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* conta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Caton, canto, cantò

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkõ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: con‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from contar (“to count”).

#### Noun

conta f (plural contas)
* (mathematics) operation, calculation
    Synonyms: operação, equação
    Resolva essa conta: cinco mais sete. ― Do this calculation: five plus seven.
* account (a registration of someone’s permission to use a service, such as a bank or website)
    A minha conta não tem um centavo furado. ― My account doesn’t have a single penny.
* bead (small perforated object that can be threaded)
    O fio do colar estourou e as contas caíram no chão. ― The necklace’s string ripped and the beads fell on the ground. Synonym: miçanga
* bill; check (document that lists values to be paid)
    A conta de luz deu trezentos reais esse mês. ― The electricity bill was three hundred reais this month.

##### Derived terms

* continha (diminutive)
* (rare) contona (augmentative)
* ajustar contas
* além da conta
* conta-corrente
* demais da conta
* fazer as contas
* fazer de conta
* levar em conta
* por conta
* por conta própria
* ser da conta de

##### Related terms

* contábil
* contabilidade
* contabilizar
* contado
* contador
* contadoria
* contagem
* conto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conta
* inflection of contar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “conta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “conta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “conta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “conta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “conta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “conta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian contare, French compter, themselves from Latin computare (whence computa and cumpăta, borrowed and inherited doublets, respectively).

### Verb

a conta (third-person singular present contează, past participle contat) 1st conjugation
* (intransitive) to count (to be of significance; to matter), be an example of something
* (intransitive, a conta pe) to count on (rely on, trust, base on)

#### See also

* baza
* încrede

## Romansch
### Verb

conta
* (Sursilvan) third-person singular present active indicative of cantar

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Italian giunta.

### Noun

conta (definite accusative contayı, plural contalar)
* sealing ring, gasket (mechanical seal)

#### Derived terms

* contayı sıyırmak