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cuenta
check, count
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Anything you count, track, or are accountable for
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count
tally / keep track
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noun suffix
Cuenta means check or count and is a direct cognate of the English word. Just like you "count" things, keep "count," or hold someone "accountable" in English, cuenta covers anything you are tracking, tallying, or responsible for.
cuenta
check, bill (restaurant)
The count of how much you owe — your running tally at a restaurant or on an invoice.
¿Nos puede traer la cuenta, por favor?Can you bring us the check, please?
account (banking)
A bank account is literally the count of your money — what the bank is tracking for you.
Abrí una cuenta de ahorros en el bancoI opened a savings account at the bank
count
The act of counting or keeping a tally.
Llevo la cuenta de los puntosI'm keeping count of the points
Perdí la cuentaI lost count
calculation, sum (math)
An arithmetic operation — a count of numbers.
Haz la cuenta antes de responderDo the calculation before answering
bead
A bead on a rosary or bracelet — each bead is counted as you pray.
Rezaba pasando las cuentas del rosarioShe prayed moving the beads of the rosary
darse cuenta de
to realize, to notice
Literally "to give oneself the count of" something — when you register or tally up what's happening around you, you realize it.
Me di cuenta de que había olvidado las llavesI realized I had forgotten my keys
¿Te diste cuenta de lo que pasó?Did you notice what happened?
tener en cuenta
to take into account, to keep in mind
To hold something in your count — to factor it into your thinking.
Ten en cuenta que mañana no hay clasesKeep in mind that there are no classes tomorrow
a fin de cuentas
in the end, after all, when all is said and done
At the end of the count — when everything has been tallied up and you arrive at a conclusion.
A fin de cuentas, lo importante es la familiaIn the end, what matters is family