bill
An amount charged for goods or services, or the statement showing that amount.
Pode trazer a conta da mesa sete?
Can you bring the bill for table seven?
A conta de água chegou ontem.
The water bill arrived yesterday.
account
An arrangement with a bank or service that keeps a person’s funds or access under their name.
Abri uma conta no banco do bairro.
I opened an account at the neighborhood bank.
Criei uma conta no aplicativo.
I created an account in the app.
calculation · sum
An arithmetic operation used to work out an amount.
Fiz a conta duas vezes para conferir.
I did the calculation twice to check.
Essa conta está errada.
That calculation is wrong.
Usage
English “account” fits only some senses. At a restaurant, pedir a conta is asking for the bill. Idioms such as dar conta de need separate treatment.
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