Meanings
nounconto (plural contos)
plural contos
- historicalIn Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
‘I have a friend […] who has filed suit against the state for the cows and sheep that the army troops ate. He's asking for seventy contos in compensation, no less.’
1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 506
Origin
- Portugueseconto
- Englishconto
Borrowed from Portuguese conto. Doublet of computus.
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