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Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatincomputāre.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /konˈtaɾ/[kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes:-aɾ
Syllabification:con‧tar

Verb

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contar (first-person singular indicative presentcuento,past participlecontáu)

(transitive) tocount(enumerate or determine a number)
todo the math
Cunta lo que gastemos na plaza
Do the math, what did we spend in the square
tocount on (often withcon)
Nuncontaba con eso
I wasn'texpecting that
tonarrate,tell
totake into account (often withcon)
Nuncuenten contigo
They aren'ttaking you into account
tothink,believe
Synonyms:cuidar,pensar
Yácontaba qu’ibas vinir pronto
I wasthinking you'd come soon
toswear (something it's true)
Cuenta que nun vas dir
He swears you aren't coming
toplan (something in the future) (also withde)
Cuenta casase
He's planning on marrying
toequal to (withpor)
La fuercia d'esti homecunta por dos
This man's strenghthamounts to two [men]
toequal to (withpor)

Derived terms

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Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		contar
gerund		contando
past participle		m contáu,f contada,n contao,m pl contaos,f pl contaes
indicative	present	cuento	cuentes	cuenta	contamos	contáis	cuenten
	imperfect	contaba	contabes	contaba	contábemos,contábamos	contabeis,contabais	contaben
	preterite	conté	contasti,contesti	contó	contemos	contastis,contestis	contaron
	pluperfect	contare,contara	contares,contaras	contare,contara	contáremos,contáramos	contareis,contarais	contaren,contaran
	future	contaré	contarás	contará	contaremos	contaréis	contarán
	conditional	contaría	contaríes	contaría	contaríemos,contaríamos	contaríeis,contaríais	contaríen
subjunctive	present	cuente	cuentes,cuentas	cuente	contemos	contéis	cuenten,cuentan
subjunctive	imperfect	contare,contara	contares,contaras	contare,contara	contáremos,contáramos	contareis,contarais	contaren,contaran
imperative		—	cuenta	—	—	contái	—

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatincomputāre. CompareOccitancontar,Frenchconter.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central)[kunˈta]
IPA^(key): (Balearic)[konˈta]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[konˈtaɾ]
Audio(Barcelona): (file)
Rhymes:-a(ɾ)

Verb

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contar (first-person singular presentconto,first-person singular preteritecontí,past participlecontat);root stress:(Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

(transitive) totell, tosay

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			contar
gerund			contant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contat		contada
		plural		contats		contades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	conto	contes	conta	contem	conteu	conten
	imperfect	contava	contaves	contava	contàvem	contàveu	contaven
	future	contaré	contaràs	contarà	contarem	contareu	contaran
	preterite	contí	contares	contà	contàrem	contàreu	contaren
	conditional	contaria	contaries	contaria	contaríem	contaríeu	contarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	conti	contis	conti	contem	conteu	contin
	imperfect	contés	contessis	contés	contéssim	contéssiu	contessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	conta	conti	contem	conteu	contin
	negative (no)	—	no contis	no conti	no contem	no conteu	no contin

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesecontar, fromLatincomputāre.Doublet ofcomputar.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /konˈtaɾ/[kon̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes:-aɾ
Hyphenation:con‧tar

Verb

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contar (first-person singular presentconto,first-person singular preteritecontei,past participlecontado)

(transitive) tocount; tocompute
Synonyms:computar,osmar
- 1280, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor,História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page186:
  oſ quaeſ dez anos deſuſu ditos que am de uíír ſe deuẽ acontar deſte dia ena era deſta carta
  said ten aforementioned years to come must becounted from this day of the date of this charter
(transitive) totell,recount,narrate
Avó,cóntame un conto! ―Gandfather,tell me a story!
(intransitive) tocount,matter (to be of significance)
(intransitive) torely, tocount [withcon‘on’]

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el /ela /Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contar
Personal	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contaren
Gerund
	contando
Past participle
Masculine	contado			contados
Feminine	contada			contadas
Indicative
Present	conto	contas	conta	contamos	contades	contan
Imperfect	contaba	contabas	contaba	contabamos	contabades	contaban
Preterite	contei	contaches	contou	contamos	contastes	contaron
Pluperfect	contara	contaras	contara	contaramos	contarades	contaran
Future	contarei	contarás	contará	contaremos	contaredes	contarán
Conditional	contaría	contarías	contaría	contariamos	contariades	contarían
Subjunctive
Present	conte	contes	conte	contemos	contedes	conten
Imperfect	contase	contases	contase	contásemos	contásedes	contasen
Future	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contaren
Imperative
Affirmative		conta	conte	contemos	contade	conten
Negative (non)		non contes	non conte	non contemos	non contedes	non conten

Reintegrated conjugation ofcontar (SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti /tu)	Third-person (ele /ela /você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contar
Personal	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contarem
Gerund
	contando
Past participle
Masculine	contado			contados
Feminine	contada			contadas
Indicative
Present	conto	contas	conta	contamos	contades,contais	contam
Imperfect	contava	contavas	contava	contávamos	contávades,contáveis,contávais¹	contavam
Preterite	contei	contaste,contache¹	contou	contamos	contastes	contárom,contaram
Pluperfect	contara	contaras	contara	contáramos	contárades,contáreis,contárais¹	contaram
Future	contarei	contarás	contará	contaremos	contaredes,contareis	contarám,contarão
Conditional	contaria	contarias	contaria	contaríamos	contaríades,contaríeis,contaríais¹	contariam
Subjunctive
Present	conte	contes	conte	contemos	contedes,conteis	contem
Imperfect	contasse	contasses	contasse	contássemos	contássedes,contásseis	contassem
Future	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contarem
Imperative
Affirmative		conta	conte	contemos	contade,contai	contem
Negative (nom)		nom contes	nom conte	nom contemos	nom contedes,nom conteis	nom contem

¹Less recommended.

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González;Granja, María Álvarez de la;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “contar”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “contar”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contar”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contar”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “contar”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Interlingua

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Etymology

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FromSpanishcontar.

Verb

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contar

totell(a story); tonarrate

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar
participle		present	perfect
infinitive		contar
participle		contante	contate

active		simple	perfect
	present	conta	ha contate
	past	contava	habeva contate
	future	contara	habera contate
	conditional	contarea	haberea contate
	imperative	conta	—

passive		simple	perfect
	present	es contate	haessite contate
	past	esseva contate	habevaessite contate
	future	essera contate	haberaessite contate
	conditional	esserea contate	habereaessite contate
	imperative	sia contate	—

Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesecontar, fromLatincomputāre.Doublet ofcomputar.

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /kõˈta(ʁ)/[kõˈta(h)]

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /kõˈta(ʁ)/[kõˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo)IPA^(key): /kõˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key): /kõˈta(ʁ)/[kõˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key): /kõˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /kõˈtaɾ/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /kõˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key): /kõˈta.ɾi/

Audio(Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Hyphenation:con‧tar

Verb

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contar (first-person singular presentconto,first-person singular preteritecontei,past participlecontado)

(transitive) totell(to convey given information)[withque‘that’]
Eles noscontaram que quase morreram. ―Theytold us that they almost died.
(transitive) totell; tonarrate(relate a story or series of events)
Às vezes precisamoscontar umas mentiras. ―Sometimes we need totell some lies.
(transitive) tocount(determine the quantity of)
Contei vinte maçãs. ―I counted twenty apples.
(transitive) tobe [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence
O seu primeiro filhoconta já dezoito anos. ―His firstbornis already eighteen yearsold.
(intransitive) torely, tocount[withcom‘on’]
Contamos contigo para trazer a munição. ―We are counting on you to bring the ammunition.
(intransitive or transitive) to have at one’sdisposal; to haveavailable[withcomor(uncommon)direct object‘something’]
Nosso paísconta com um exército medíocre. ―Our countryhas a mediocre army.
(intransitive) tocount; tomatter(be of significance)
Aquele ponto nãocontou, porque o jogador fez falta. ―That point didn’tcount, because the player made a foul.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar (SeeAppendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele /ela /você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contar
Personal	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contarem
Gerund
	contando
Past participle
Masculine	contado			contados
Feminine	contada			contadas
Indicative
Present	conto	contas	conta	contamos	contais	contam
Imperfect	contava	contavas	contava	contávamos	contáveis	contavam
Preterite	contei	contaste	contou	contamos¹,contámos²	contastes	contaram
Pluperfect	contara	contaras	contara	contáramos	contáreis	contaram
Future	contarei	contarás	contará	contaremos	contareis	contarão
Conditional	contaria	contarias	contaria	contaríamos	contaríeis	contariam
Subjunctive
Present	conte	contes	conte	contemos	conteis	contem
Imperfect	contasse	contasses	contasse	contássemos	contásseis	contassem
Future	contar	contares	contar	contarmos	contardes	contarem
Imperative
Affirmative		conta	conte	contemos	contai	contem
Negative (não)		não contes	não conte	não contemos	não conteis	não contem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, seeCitations:contar.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Kabuverdianu:konta

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatincomputāre.Doublet ofcomputar. Cognate withEnglishcount andcompute.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /konˈtaɾ/[kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-aɾ
Syllabification:con‧tar

Verb

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contar (first-person singular presentcuento,first-person singular preteriteconté,past participlecontado)

(transitive) tocount; totally
(transitive) totell (a story);narrate
Synonyms:narrar,relatar,platicar
Cuéntame la verdad, o te vas a quedar aquí toda la noche.
Tell me the truth, or you will stay here all night.
(transitive) tobe(a certain number of years of age)
Cuandocontaba treinta años.
When hewas thirty years of age
(intransitive) torely[withcon‘on’]
(intransitive) to haveavailable[withcon]
Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente.
Wehave enough staff available to take good care of you.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontar (o-ue alternation) (SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			contar
gerund			contando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contado		contada
		plural		contados		contadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuento	cuentas^{^tú} contás^{^vos}	cuenta	contamos	contáis	cuentan
	imperfect	contaba	contabas	contaba	contábamos	contabais	contaban
	preterite	conté	contaste	contó	contamos	contasteis	contaron
	future	contaré	contarás	contará	contaremos	contaréis	contarán
	conditional	contaría	contarías	contaría	contaríamos	contaríais	contarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuente	cuentes^{^tú} contés^{^vos²}	cuente	contemos	contéis	cuenten
	imperfect (ra)	contara	contaras	contara	contáramos	contarais	contaran
	imperfect (se)	contase	contases	contase	contásemos	contaseis	contasen
	future¹	contare	contares	contare	contáremos	contareis	contaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cuenta^{^tú} contá^{^vos}	cuente	contemos	contad	cuenten
	negative		no cuentes	no cuente	no contemos	no contéis	no cuenten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms ofcontar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitivecontar	dative	contarme	contarte	contarle,contarse	contarnos	contaros	contarles,contarse
with infinitivecontar	accusative	contarme	contarte	contarlo,contarla,contarse	contarnos	contaros	contarlos,contarlas,contarse

with gerundcontando	dative	contándome	contándote	contándole,contándose	contándonos	contándoos	contándoles,contándose
with gerundcontando	accusative	contándome	contándote	contándolo,contándola,contándose	contándonos	contándoos	contándolos,contándolas,contándose

with informal second-person singulartú imperativecuenta	dative	cuéntame	cuéntate	cuéntale	cuéntanos	not used	cuéntales
with informal second-person singulartú imperativecuenta	accusative	cuéntame	cuéntate	cuéntalo,cuéntala	cuéntanos	not used	cuéntalos,cuéntalas

with informal second-person singularvos imperativecontá	dative	contame	contate	contale	contanos	not used	contales
with informal second-person singularvos imperativecontá	accusative	contame	contate	contalo,contala	contanos	not used	contalos,contalas

with formal second-person singular imperativecuente	dative	cuénteme	not used	cuéntele,cuéntese	cuéntenos	not used	cuénteles
with formal second-person singular imperativecuente	accusative	cuénteme	not used	cuéntelo,cuéntela,cuéntese	cuéntenos	not used	cuéntelos,cuéntelas

with first-person plural imperativecontemos	dative	not used	contémoste	contémosle	contémonos	contémoos	contémosles
with first-person plural imperativecontemos	accusative	not used	contémoste	contémoslo,contémosla	contémonos	contémoos	contémoslos,contémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperativecontad	dative	contadme	not used	contadle	contadnos	contaos	contadles
with informal second-person plural imperativecontad	accusative	contadme	not used	contadlo,contadla	contadnos	contaos	contadlos,contadlas

with formal second-person plural imperativecuenten	dative	cuéntenme	not used	cuéntenle	cuéntennos	not used	cuéntenles,cuéntense
with formal second-person plural imperativecuenten	accusative	cuéntenme	not used	cuéntenlo,cuéntenla	cuéntennos	not used	cuéntenlos,cuéntenlas,cuéntense