Polyglot Dictionary

cuentacuentos

/kwentaˈkwentos/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los cuentacuentos

Meaning

  1. storyteller

    Built from cuenta (tells (from contar)) + cuentos (stories).

    • El cuentacuentos fascinó a los niños.

      The storyteller fascinated the children.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • cuenta tells (from contar)
  • cuentos stories

Similar words

cuentista

cuentacuentos and cuentista are close synonyms for "storyteller"; cuentista can also mean a person who tells lies or exaggerates, an extra connotation.

Similar in other languages

French

narrateur

Close — a storyteller relates to a narrator.

Practice

1 What does cuentacuentos mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ fascinó a los niños.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuentacuentos?

nouncompound

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