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cuento
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(=historia corta) short story , (para niños)
story, tale
el cuento de Blancanieves the tale o story of Snow White
contar un cuento to tell a story
→ de cuento
un héroe de cuento a storybook o fairytale hero
una casita de cuento a fairytale house
→ ir con el cuento
en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra he went straight off and told the teacher
MODISMOS aplicarse el cuento to take note
MODISMOS el cuento de la lechera
eso es como el cuento de la lechera it's a case of wishful thinking
MODISMOS es el cuento de nunca acabar it's a never-ending story
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cuento corto short story
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cuento de hadas a fairytale
vive en un cuento de hadas she lives in a fairytale world
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cuento infantil children's story
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(=mentira)
no le duele nada, no es nada más que cuento it doesn't hurt at all, he's just putting it on
todo eso es puro cuento para no ir al colegio he just made it all up because he doesn't want to go to school
¡no me cuentes cuentos!, ¡no me vengas con cuentos!, ¡déjate de cuentos! don't give me that! *
eso se me hace cuento (Cono Sur)
* I don't believe that for a minute, come off it! *
→ tener cuento
tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento your little brother is a big fibber *
MODISMOS tener más cuento que siete viejas to have the gift of the gab *
MODISMOS vivir del cuento to live by one's wits
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cuento chino tall story, cock-and-bull story *
¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! don't give me that (rubbish)! *
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el cuento del tío (Andes, Cono Sur) confidence trick, confidence game (EEUU)
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cuento de viejas old wives' tale
3 (otras locuciones)
→ ¿a cuento de qué?
¿a cuento de qué sacas ese tema ahora? what are you bringing that up for now?
→ traer algo a cuento to bring sth up
→ venir a cuento
eso no viene a cuento that's irrelevant, that doesn't come into it, that has nothing to do with it
todo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar this all has some bearing on what has just happened
lo dijo sin venir a cuento she said it for no reason at all
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(=cómputo)
sin cuento countless
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