Memento or memento means a souvenir; something used to remember someone or something--
He kept that all these years as a memento of their first meeting.
This pressed flower must be a memento of a special occasion.
Momento or momento is Spanish ot Italian for "moment", meaning "in a moment" or "just a minute"--
The operator said "momento"; I think I'm on hold.
The waiter said "momento", and went to find a translator.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"We can keep the bilingual dictionary as a memento of when had to say "momento" while we looked up a word."
Note--"momentum" means the force or speed of motion--
The stone gathered momentum as it rolled downhill.
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