Tale in spanish

Cuento

pronunciation: kuentoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures

tale = historia, cuento, relato. 

Example: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

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» cautionary tale = moraleja, fábula, ejemplo, lección.

Example: Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.

» fairy tale [fairytale] = cuento de hadas.

Example: The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.

» folk tale [folktale] = leyenda popular, cuento popular.

Example: The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.

» old wives' tale = cuento de viejas, superstición.

Example: Read on to see what the experts have to say about which old wives' tales are true wisdom and which are a bunch of baloney.

» tall tale = cuento chino, leyenda fantástica.

Example: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.

» tell-tale [telltale] = revelador, indicador.

Example: The tell-tale signs that mark a KWOC index include in a KWOC index all of the words that appear as headings have been extracted from titles.

» tell-tale indication = indicio, señal reveladora.

Example: As Feng swept by with an almost inaudible 'Good morning, Jeanne' escaping from her lips, Leforte thought she detected the tell-tale indications of crying on her face -- the red, swollen eyes, the puffiness.

» tell + tales = contar historias, contar experiencias.

Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.

» tell-tale sign = señal identificadora, indicio.

Example: The tell-tale signs that mark a KWOC index include in a KWOC index all of the words that appear as headings have been extracted from titles.

» tell + tales out of school about + Alguien = contar chismes de Alguien.

Example: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

» tell + the tale = resolver el dilema.

Example: It is the quality of American men and women who are already of voting age that will tell the tale.

» weave + a tale = contar una historia, urdir un relato, urdir un cuento.

Example: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.

Tale synonyms

story in spanish: , pronunciation: stɔri part of speech: noun narrative in spanish: , pronunciation: nærətɪv part of speech: noun yarn in spanish: , pronunciation: jɑrn part of speech: noun fib in spanish: , pronunciation: fɪb part of speech: noun recital in spanish: , pronunciation: rəsaɪtəl part of speech: noun narration in spanish: , pronunciation: nereɪʃən part of speech: noun taradiddle in spanish: , pronunciation: tɜrædɪdəl part of speech: noun tarradiddle in spanish: , pronunciation: terədɪdəl part of speech: noun
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