contado
Italian
Etymology
From Occitan comtat, from Latin comitātus. Doublet of contea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈta.do/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: con‧tà‧do
Noun
contado m (plural contadi)
- (historical) county (territory of a count)
- Synonym: contea
- (historical, Middle Ages) territory under the jurisdiction of a comune
- the countryside surrounding a city; the inhabitants of such countryside
Derived terms
- contadino (“peasant”)
Related terms
- comitato
- conte
- contea
- contessa
Further reading
- contado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈta.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈta.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈta.du/ [kõˈta.ðu]
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧do
Participle
contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)
- past participle of contar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtado/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: con‧ta‧do
Adjective
contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)
- counted
- few
Derived terms
- al contado
Participle
contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)
- past participle of contar
Further reading
- “contado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014