Pronúncia: kumtá
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verb transitiu
- matemàtiques to count.
- to number off.
- [diners] to count (up).
- to include, count in.
- compta vint anys she’s already twenty.
- comptar amb els dits to count on one’s fingers.
- hi ha 10 km comptant des d’aquí it’s 10 km starting from here.
- [considerar, avaluar] to count, reckon, consider.
- no ho comptis com un pecat don’t consider it as a sin.
- el compto entre els meus enemics I reckon him among my enemies.
- sense comptar que… leaving aside the fact that….
- sense comptar not counting, not including, except for, not to mention. verb intransitiu
- matemàtiques to count (up).
- comptar fins a cent to count up to one hundred.
- s’ha de comptar molt per a arribar a finals de mes we have to (count our pennies \ be careful) to (make ends meet \ keep our heads above water).
- jo compto per dos I count (for \ as) two.
- [valer] to count.
- això no compta per res this doesn’t amount to anything.
- comptar amb [confiar] to rely on, count on, depend on.
- compta amb mi count on me, you can rely on me.
- amb això no hi comptàvem we didn’t expect that, we had not bargained for that.
- pots comptar irònicament no, not really, we had not bargained for that.
- ets molt intel·ligent! —pots comptar! irònicament you are very intelligent! —No, not really!