contía

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese quantia, from Latin quantus (“how much, how many”) probably influenced by contar (“to count”). Cognate with Spanish cuantía.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /konˈtia̝/

Noun

contía f (plural contías)

  1. sum (quantity of money)

References
  • “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “contia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “contía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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