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cuento

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish cuento. Doublet of conte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuento m (plural cuentos)

  1. (Castilianism, proscribed) folktale
    Synonym: rondalla

Further reading

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  • “cuento” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwento/ [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: cuen‧to

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus. Doublet of cómputo, a borrowing.

Noun

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cuento m (plural cuentos)

  1. story
    Synonyms: relato, narración
  2. (colloquial) tale, lie
    Synonyms: embuste, engaño
  3. (obsolete) one million
    Synonym: millón
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: cuento
  • Tagalog: kuwento

Etymology 2

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Verb

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cuento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contar

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