"contar" meaning in Portuguese

See contar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kõˈta(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kõˈta(h)] [Brazil], /kõˈta(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kõˈta(h)] [Brazil], /kõˈta(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /kõˈta(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [kõˈta(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /kõˈta(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /kõˈtaɾ/ [Portugal], /kõˈtaɾ/ [Portugal], /kõˈta.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese contar, from Latin computāre. Doublet of computar. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|contar}} Old Galician-Portuguese contar, {{inh|pt|la|computō|computāre}} Latin computāre, {{doublet|pt|computar}} Doublet of computar Head templates: {{pt-verb}} contar (first-person singular present conto, first-person singular preterite contei, past participle contado) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: conto [first-person, present, singular], contei [first-person, preterite, singular], contado [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], contar [impersonal, infinitive], contar [first-person, infinitive, singular], contares [infinitive, second-person, singular], contar [infinitive, singular, third-person], contarmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], contardes [infinitive, plural, second-person], contarem [infinitive, plural, third-person], contando [gerund], contado [masculine, participle, past, singular], contados [masculine, participle, past, plural], contada [feminine, participle, past, singular], contadas [feminine, participle, past, plural], conto [first-person, indicative, present, singular], contas [indicative, present, second-person, singular], conta [indicative, present, singular, third-person], contamos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], contais [indicative, plural, present, second-person], contam [indicative, plural, present, third-person], contava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], contavas [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], contava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], contávamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], contáveis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], contavam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], contei [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], contaste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], contou [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], contamos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], contámos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], contastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], contaram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], contara [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], contaras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], contara [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], contáramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], contáreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], contaram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], contarei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], contarás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], contará [future, indicative, singular, third-person], contaremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], contareis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], contarão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], contaria [conditional, first-person, singular], contarias [conditional, second-person, singular], contaria [conditional, singular, third-person], contaríamos [conditional, first-person, plural], contaríeis [conditional, plural, second-person], contariam [conditional, plural, third-person], conte [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], contes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], conte [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], contemos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], conteis [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], contem [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], contasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], contasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], contasse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], contássemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], contásseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], contassem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], contar [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], contares [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], contar [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], contarmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], contardes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], contarem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], conta [imperative, second-person, singular], conte [imperative, singular, third-person], contemos [first-person, imperative, plural], contai [imperative, plural, second-person], contem [imperative, plural, third-person], não contes [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não conte [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não contemos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não conteis [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não contem [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive with que) to tell that (convey a given information) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-l6jFt5dX
  2. (transitive) to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-phP8mneL
  3. (transitive) to count (determine the quantity of) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-bvpSKh6E
  4. (transitive) to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-3dxoHBcW
  5. (transitive with com) to rely on; to count on Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-0Z1AQyiw Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 4 3 61 5 7 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 9 13 9 7 41 11 9
  6. (transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one’s disposal; to have available Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-j~P5NyPZ
  7. (intransitive) to count; to matter (be of significance) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-contar-pt-verb-Cyypk0TR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contável, contar vantagem

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "contável"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "contar vantagem"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "konta"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: konta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: konta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "contar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese contar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "computō",
        "4": "computāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin computāre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "computar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of computar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese contar, from Latin computāre. Doublet of computar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "conto",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contei",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contado",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pt-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contares",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contardes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contando",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contado",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contados",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contada",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contadas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contavas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contávamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáveis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contavam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contámos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contastes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contará",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaremos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contareis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaríamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaríeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contariam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conteis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contássemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contásseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contassem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contares",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contardes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não conteis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "contar (first-person singular present conto, first-person singular preterite contei, past participle contado)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧tar"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They told us that they almost died.",
          "text": "Eles nos contaram que quase morreram.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell that (convey a given information)"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-l6jFt5dX",
      "links": [
        [
          "que",
          "que#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with que) to tell that (convey a given information)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with que"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Sometimes we need to tell some lies.",
          "text": "Às vezes precisamos contar umas mentiras.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events)"
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          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I counted twenty apples.",
          "text": "Contei vinte maçãs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to count (determine the quantity of)"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-bvpSKh6E",
      "links": [
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to count (determine the quantity of)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His firstborn is already eighteen years old.",
          "text": "O seu primeiro filho conta já dezoito anos.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-3dxoHBcW",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 13 9 7 41 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese verbs ending in -ar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We are counting on you to bring the ammunition.",
          "text": "Contamos contigo para trazer a munição.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rely on; to count on"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-0Z1AQyiw",
      "links": [
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "rely on",
          "rely on"
        ],
        [
          "count on",
          "count on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with com) to rely on; to count on"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with com"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Our country has a mediocre army.",
          "text": "Nosso país conta com um exército medíocre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one’s disposal; to have available",
        "to have at one’s disposal; to have available"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-j~P5NyPZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "disposal",
          "disposal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one’s disposal; to have available"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with com or with no preposition (uncommon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That point didn’t count, because the player made a foul.",
          "text": "Aquele ponto não contou, porque o jogador fez falta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to count; to matter (be of significance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-contar-pt-verb-Cyypk0TR",
      "links": [
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to count; to matter (be of significance)"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈtaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈtaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contar"
}
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    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese doublets",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese verbs",
    "Portuguese verbs ending in -ar"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "contável"
    },
    {
      "word": "contar vantagem"
    }
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          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "4": "computāre"
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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "computar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of computar",
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      "form": "conto",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contado",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "pt-conj",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contares",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "contarmos",
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        "infinitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "contardes",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contarem",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contando",
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      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contado",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contados",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contada",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contadas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contavas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contávamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáveis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contavam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contámos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contastes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaram",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contáreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contará",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaremos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contareis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaríamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaríeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contariam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conteis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contássemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contásseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contassem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contares",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contardes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não conte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não conteis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não contem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "contar (first-person singular present conto, first-person singular preterite contei, past participle contado)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧tar"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They told us that they almost died.",
          "text": "Eles nos contaram que quase morreram.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell that (convey a given information)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "que",
          "que#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with que) to tell that (convey a given information)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with que"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples",
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Sometimes we need to tell some lies.",
          "text": "Às vezes precisamos contar umas mentiras.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to tell; to narrate (relate a story or series of events)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples",
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I counted twenty apples.",
          "text": "Contei vinte maçãs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to count (determine the quantity of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to count (determine the quantity of)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples",
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His firstborn is already eighteen years old.",
          "text": "O seu primeiro filho conta já dezoito anos.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to be [an amount of time] old; to have [an amount of time] of existence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We are counting on you to bring the ammunition.",
          "text": "Contamos contigo para trazer a munição.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rely on; to count on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "rely on",
          "rely on"
        ],
        [
          "count on",
          "count on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with com) to rely on; to count on"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with com"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Our country has a mediocre army.",
          "text": "Nosso país conta com um exército medíocre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one’s disposal; to have available",
        "to have at one’s disposal; to have available"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "disposal",
          "disposal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with com or with no preposition (uncommon)) to have at one’s disposal; to have available"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with com or with no preposition (uncommon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That point didn’t count, because the player made a foul.",
          "text": "Aquele ponto não contou, porque o jogador fez falta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to count; to matter (be of significance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to count; to matter (be of significance)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõˈta(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈtaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈtaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõˈta.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contar"
}

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