story

/ˈstɔri/

noun A1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
stories

Meaning

  1. historia, cuento

    • She tells a funny story.

      Ella cuenta una historia graciosa.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

history

Both relate to Spanish "historia," but they are distinct: story means a narrative, fictional or not, while history means factual past events — "historia" describes both.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

narración

Close — a story relates to narration.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa story?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She tells a funny ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a story?

noun

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