conto

noun

con·​to

ˈkän(ˌ)tō

plural -s

in Portugal and Brazil

: a formerly used monetary unit equal to 1,000,000 reis or to 1000 Portuguese escudos or 1000 Brazilian cruzeiros

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, literally, number, from Late Latin computus computation

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