cuento

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuento. Doublet of conte.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuento m (plural cuentos)

  1. (Castilianism, proscribed) folktale
    Synonym: rondalla

Further reading

  • “cuento” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwento/ [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: cuen‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus. Doublet of cómputo, a borrowing.

Noun

cuento m (plural cuentos)

  1. story
    Synonyms: relato, narración
  2. (colloquial) tale, lie
    Synonyms: embuste, engaño
  3. (obsolete) one million
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: cuento
  • Tagalog: kuwento

Verb

cuento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contar

Further reading

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