Polyglot Dictionary

count

/kaʊnt/

verb A1
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
counts
past
counted
past participle
counted
gerund
counting

Meaning

  1. contar

    • The child counts to twenty.

      El niño cuenta hasta veinte.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Phrasal verbs

  • count on

    contar con

    You can always count on your family.

    Siempre puedes contar con tu familia.

Similar words

tell

Both relate to Spanish "contar," but they are unrelated: count means counting numbers, while tell can mean telling a story — "contar" describes both.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

importar

Close, figuratively — to matter relates to counting, to be of importance.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa count?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The child ___ to twenty.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a count?

verb

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