conto

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conto

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Borrowed from Portuguese conto. Doublet of computus.

noun contos

historical In 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.’

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@misc{conto_2026,
  title = {conto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}