Polyglot Dictionary

história

/isˈtɔɾjɐ/

a noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as histórias

Meaning

  1. story, history

    • Conto uma história.

      I tell a story.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

narrativa

história is the everyday, broad word for both "story" and "history"; narrativa (narrative) is the more technical, literary term for how a story is structured and told.

Similar in other languages

English

chronicle

história se relaciona con chronicle.

English

narrative

El portugués história se relaciona con narrative, una historia o un relato.

English

history

El portugués história es la palabra para lo mismo — ambos significan "historia" (y también puede significar "cuento, relato").

Practice

1 What does história mean?

2 Fill the gap: Conto uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches história?

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