Tales in spanish
Cuentos
pronunciation: kuentoʊs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: kuentoʊs 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.more:
» 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.