OrigineBorrowed from Italian contare, French compter, themselves from Latin computare (whence computa and cumpăta, borrowed and inherited doublets, respectively).
- intransitiveto count (to be of significance; to matter), be an example of something
- intransitiveto count on (rely on, trust, base on)
Formea conta 1st conjugation(canonical) · contează(present, singular, third-person) · contat(participle, past) · a conta(infinitive) · contând(gerund) · contez(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · contezi(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · contează(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · contăm(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · contați(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · contează(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · contam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · contai(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · conta(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · contam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · contați(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · contau(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · contai(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · contași(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · contă(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person)