Polyglot Dictionary

fábula

/ˈfabulɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as fábulas

Meaning

  1. fable

    • Li uma fábula.

      I read a fable.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

alegoria

Close — allegory and fable overlap as narrative genres.

ficção

Worth distinguishing: a fábula (fable) is a specific type of ficção (fiction).

Similar in other languages

German

Fabel

Fabel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "fable."

French

fable

fable is the French word for the same thing — both mean "fable."

Practice

1 What does fábula mean?

2 Fill the gap: Li uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fábula?

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