cuentacuentos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to tell”) +‎ cuentos (“stories”), a calque of English storyteller.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkwentaˈkwentos/ [ˌkwẽn̪.t̪aˈkwẽn̪.t̪os]
Rhymes: -entos
Syllabification: cuen‧ta‧cuen‧tos

Noun

cuentacuentos m or f by sense (plural cuentacuentos)

storyteller
Synonyms: cuentero, cuentista

Further reading

“cuentacuentos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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