Polyglot Dictionary

cuento

/ˈkwento/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los cuentos

Meaning

  1. story

    • Le leo un cuento a mi hija.

      I read a story to my daughter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

relato

cuento is the everyday word for "story, tale," often a short story or fairy tale; relato is more formal or literary, a narrative account.

Similar in other languages

German

Geschichte

Geschichte is the German word for the same thing — both mean "story."

Practice

1 What does cuento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le leo un ___ a mi hija.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuento?

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