conto
Portuguese, noun/ˈkõ.tu/
conto is spelled C-O-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita”.
What does conto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetale, story (account of an asserted fact or circumstance)
Eu vou contar um conto.
- 2
masculineshort story (work of fiction shorter than a novel)
- 3
masculineobsoleteone million reis
- 4
Portugaldatedmasculinea thousand escudos
- 5
Portugalmasculinefive euros
- 6
Brazilmasculineslangreal (unit of currency)
noun
- 1
masculinethe butt of a spear or polearm
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita 2. um milhar de escudos 3. um milhão de réis 4. contabilidade pública
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conto
- contos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conto?
- Brazil /ˈkõ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈkõ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conto in Portuguese?
conto appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).