【讲西班牙语的加菲猫】第120期

 

contar 

article & verb transitive 

1. To count, to reckon, to number, to enumerate, to relate, to mention. 

 

Contar con los dedos -> to count on one's fingers 

Le cuento entre mis amigos -> I reckon him among my friends 

Sin contar -> not counting 

 

2. To calculate, to compute. 

3. To book, to place to account. 

4. To class, to range according to some stated method of distribution. 

5. To consider, to look upon. 

6. To depend, to rely. 

 

Contar con la amistad de uno -> to rely upon one's friendship 

Mire a queén se lo cuenta -> an expressions signifying that he who hears knows more than he who relates the particulars of an event 

 

verb neuter 

7. To count, to count up. (Mathematics) (n) 

 

Hay que contar mucho para llegar con la paga al final del mes -> we have to go carefully in order to get to the end of the month 

 

8. (fig.) To count, to matter. (n) 

 

Unas pocas equivocaciones no cuentan -> a few errors don't matter 

 

9. To rely on. (n) 

 

Contar con -> to rely on 

Cuenta conmigo -> trust me 

Contaban por segura su ay­ -> uda, they were relying absolutely on his help 

 

verb reflexive 

10. To be counted. 

 

Se le cuenta entre los más famosos -> he is reckoned among the most famous 

 

11. To be told. 

 

Cuéntese que -> it is said that... 

Cuenta y no acaba de hablar -> he never stops talking