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1 cascar
v.1 to crack.cascar un huevo to crack an egg2 to damage, to harm (informal). (peninsular Spanish)3 to make croaky (informal) (la voz).4 to thump (informal) (pegar).5 to witter on (informal) (hablar). (peninsular Spanish)6 to hit, to bop.* * *1 (romper) to crack1 (romperse) to crack2 (la voz) to become harsh, become hoarse\cascársela tabú to wank, US jerk off* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=romper) [+ nuez] to crack; [+ huevo] to break, crack; [+ taza, plato] to chip2) * (=pegar)cuando se entere tu padre, te casca — when your father finds out, he'll thump you o give you a bashing *
cuando se pelea con sus amigos, siempre le cascan — when he fights with his friends they always give him a bashing *
3) * (=poner)me cascaron una multa por aparcar mal — I was landed with o slapped with a fine for parking in the wrong place *
4) (=chivar) to squeal *, tell *5)- cascarla2.VI * (=charlar) to chatter, natter *3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <nuez/huevo> to crack; < taza> to chip2) (fam) to knock... about3) (Esp fam) <multa/pena>me cascaron una multa de 5.000 pesetas — I got a 5,000 peseta fine
2.cascarla — (fam) to peg out (colloq), to kick the bucket (colloq)
cascar vi1) (Esp fam) ( charlar) to chat2) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away3.cascarse v pronb) ( pegarse) (recípr)c) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) to break* * *= crack, whittle on about, shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.Ex. I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.----* cascársela = jerk + Reflexivo + off, wank.* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <nuez/huevo> to crack; < taza> to chip2) (fam) to knock... about3) (Esp fam) <multa/pena>me cascaron una multa de 5.000 pesetas — I got a 5,000 peseta fine
2.cascarla — (fam) to peg out (colloq), to kick the bucket (colloq)
cascar vi1) (Esp fam) ( charlar) to chat2) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away3.cascarse v pronb) ( pegarse) (recípr)c) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) to break* * *= crack, whittle on about, shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.Ex: I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.* cascársela = jerk + Reflexivo + off, wank.* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.* * *cascar [A2 ]vtA ‹nuez/huevo› to crack; ‹taza› to chipC( Esp fam) ‹multa/pena› me cascaron una multa de 30 euros I got a 30 euro fine, they hit me with a 30 euro fine ( colloq)le cascaron cinco años en chirona they gave him five years, he got five years ( colloq)■ cascarvi■ cascarse1 «huevo» to crack; «taza» to chip* * *
cascar ( conjugate cascar) verbo transitivo ‹nuez/huevo› to crack;
‹ taza› to chip
cascarse verbo pronominal [ huevo] to crack;
[ taza] to chip
cascar
I verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to crack
2 fam (pegar) to hit: el otro día le cascaron, he was beaten up the other day
II verbo intransitivo familiar
1 (charlar) to chat away, gab
(hablar mucho) to talk non-stop
2 (morir, palmar) to kick the bucket, snuff it
' cascar' also found in these entries:
English:
crack
- chip
* * *♦ vt1. [romper] to crack;cascar un huevo to crack an eggEsp Vulgcomo no te calles, te casco una hostia if you don't shut up, I'll smash your face in♦ viEsp Fam2. [morir] to kick the bucket* * *I v/t1 crack; algo quebradizo break2 fig famwhack fam3:cascarla peg out fam II v/i famchat* * *cascar {72} vt: to crack (a shell) -
2 charlar
v.1 to chat.charlar con alguien to chat with somebody, to have a chat with somebody2 to talk to.Me charla el vecino The neighbor talks to me.* * *1 to chat, talk\charlar por los codos familiar to be a real chatterbox* * *verbto chat, talk* * *VI1) (=conversar) to chat (de about)2) (=chismear) to gossip* * *verbo intransitivo to chat, talk* * *= chat, gossip, gas, talk, shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.Ex. The guest might be better employed seeing small groups half a dozen or so for quarter of an hour, when they could chat about anything that crops up.Ex. An often-mentioned example of this is the ability of the best typists to type and gossip concurrently.Ex. It's interesting that the people gassing on about the miracle of creation never mention things like this.Ex. The philosophy was that every computer on the network would talk, as a peer, with any other computer.Ex. While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.Ex. I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.* * *verbo intransitivo to chat, talk* * *= chat, gossip, gas, talk, shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.Ex: The guest might be better employed seeing small groups half a dozen or so for quarter of an hour, when they could chat about anything that crops up.
Ex: An often-mentioned example of this is the ability of the best typists to type and gossip concurrently.Ex: It's interesting that the people gassing on about the miracle of creation never mention things like this.Ex: The philosophy was that every computer on the network would talk, as a peer, with any other computer.Ex: While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.Ex: I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.* * *charlar [A1 ]vi* * *
charlar ( conjugate charlar) verbo intransitivo
to chat, talk
charlar verbo intransitivo to talk, chat
' charlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cascar
- hablar
- conversar
- paja
English:
chat
- ear
- get
- chatter
- gab
* * *charlar vi* * *v/i chat* * *charlar vi: to chat, to talk* * * -
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familiar to chat* * *to chatter, talk too much* * *(v.) = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bullEx. While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.Ex. I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.* * *(v.) = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bullEx: While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.
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4 С-218
РАССКАЗЫВАТЬ СКАЗКИ (кому) coll VP subj: human to tell s.o. invented, fabricated, concocted storiesX рассказывает (Y-y) сказки - X is spinning yarnsX is telling (fish) stories X is telling tall tales X is telling (giving, handing) Y cock-and-bull stories X is handing Y a line (in limited contexts) X is giving Y a song and dance X is making it upNeg Imper не рассказывай сказки = don't give me that. Cf. tell it to the marines.(author's usage) «Не кипятись, Варвара! Я никогда не вру». - «Врёшь! Врёшь! Это кому ты сказки-то сказываешь?» (Абрамов 1). "Don't get worked up, Varvara. I never lie to you." "Liar! Liar! Who are you telling stories to?" (1a).«И каждому из нас отлично понятно, что именно ты хотел сказать этими своими словами... А теперь будешь нам сказки рассказывать, он, мол, не в этом смысле» (Войнович 4). "Everyone here understands full well just what you meant by those words....And now, you're going to hand us some cock-and-bull story about what you meant and didn't mean" (4a).Шмага:)...Я убеждал Гришку отправиться в трактир «Собрание весёлых друзей»... (Дудукин:) Отказался? Неужели? (Коринкина:) Да это он сказки рассказывает (Островский 3). (Sh.:)...I tried to convince Grisha to set out with me for the Merry men Tavern.... (D.:) You mean to say he refused? Is it possible? (K.:) Don't listen to him, he's just making it up (3a). -
5 рассказывать сказки
• РАССКАЗЫВАТЬ СКАЗКИ ( кому) coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to tell s.o. invented, fabricated, concocted stories:- X is telling (giving, handing) Y cock-and-bull stories;- [in limited contexts] X is giving Y a song and dance;|| Neg Imper не рассказывай сказки≈ don't give me that. Cf. tell it to the marines.♦ [author's usage] "Не кипятись, Варвара! Я никогда не вру". - "Врёшь! Врёшь! Это кому ты сказки-то сказываешь?" (Абрамов 1). "Don't get worked up, Varvara. I never lie to you." "Liar! Liar! Who are you telling stories to?" (1a).♦ "И каждому из нас отлично понятно, что именно ты хотел сказать этими своими словами... А теперь будешь нам сказки рассказывать, он, мол, не в этом смысле" (Войнович 4). "Everyone here understands full well just what you meant by those words....And now, you're going to hand us some cock-and-bull story about what you meant and didn't mean" (4a).♦ [Шмага:]...Я убеждал Г ришку отправиться в трактир "Собрание весёлых друзей"... [Дудукин:] Отказался? Неужели? [Коринкина:] Да это он сказки рассказывает (Островский 3). [Sh.:]... I tried to convince Grisha to set out with me for the Merry men Tavern.... [D.:] You mean to say he refused? Is it possible? [K.:] Don't listen to him, he's just making it up (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рассказывать сказки
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ОТЛИВАТЬ (ЛИТЬ)/ОТЛЙТЬ ПУЛИ (ПУЛЮ) highly coll VP subj: human variants with пули are usu. impfv, variants with пулю are usu. pfv)1. to lie shamelessly, brazenlyX пули отливает — X is spinning yarnsX is giving (telling) person Y cock-and-bull stories X is telling tall tales X is piling it on.И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: «Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить» (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).(Городничий:) Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). (Mayor:) Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funnyX пули отливает — X is cutting upX is pulling (some) funny business. -
7 лить пули
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лить пули
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8 лить пулю
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лить пулю
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9 отливать пули
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отливать пули
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10 отливать пулю
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отливать пулю
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11 отлить пули
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлить пули
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12 отлить пулю
=====1. to lie shamelessly, brazenly:- X is piling it on.♦ И наврет совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить" (Гоголь 3). And he would tell these lies utterly without any need for it: he would suddenly say that he had once had a light-blue or pink horse or some other nonsense of the kind, so that his listeners finally would move away from him, saying, "Well, brother, you seem to be giving us another of your cock-and-bull stories" (3c).♦ [Городничий:] Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! И старика-отца приплёл! (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Listen to him pile it on! He's even dragged in his father! (4f).2. to say or do sth. unusual, unexpected, often funny:- X is pulling (some) funny business.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отлить пулю
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13 niestworz|ony
adj. pot. incredible, fantastic- naopowiadał o mnie niestworzonych historii he’s been telling all kinds of incredible stories about me- co mi tu za niestworzone historie opowiadasz? what kind of fantastic stories are you telling me?- byłem świadkiem niestworzonych rzeczy I’ve seen some amazing things- ona opowiada niestworzone rzeczy! she’s making up stories!, she’s talking rubbish!The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > niestworz|ony
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14 cuento
m.1 tale.cuento de hadas fairy talecuento popular folk tale2 short story.3 story, lie (informal) (mentira, exageración).cuento chino tall story, whopperpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contar.* * *1 (relato) story, tale2 LITERATURA short story\¿a cuento de qué? familiar why?, what for?dejarse de cuentos familiar (ir al grano) to get to the point 2 (decir mentiras) to stop telling fibsir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell somebodyno hagas como el cuento de la lechera figurado don't count your chickens before they are hatchedtener mucho cuento familiar to make a lot of fusstraer algo a cuento figurado to bring something upvenir a cuento to be pertinentcuento chino tall storycuento de hadas fairy tale* * *noun m.story, tale* * *ISM1) (=historia corta) short story; [para niños] story, taleel cuento de Blancanieves — the tale o story of Snow White
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de cuento, un héroe de cuento — a storybook o fairytale hero•
ir con el cuento, en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra — he went straight off and told the teacherel cuento de la lechera —
2) * (=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! *
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tener cuento, tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento — your little brother is a big fibber *cuento chino — tall story, cock-and-bull story *
¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! — don't give me that (rubbish)! *
el cuento del tío — And, Cono Sur confidence trick, confidence game ( EEUU)
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¿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 ittodo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar — this all has some bearing on what has just happened
4) frm (=cómputo)IISM [de bastón] point, tip* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex. The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.----* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *A1 (narración corta) short story; (para niños) story, taleescritor de cuentos a short-story writerlibro de cuentos book of short storiesel cuento de Caperucita Roja the tale o story of Little Red Riding Hoodcuéntame un cuento tell me a storyaplícate el cuento ( fam); take notecontar el cuento: un minuto más y no habría contado el cuento one minute more and I wouldn't have been here o have lived to tell the tale ( colloq)el cuento de nunca acabar: ¿otra vez nos vamos a mudar? esto es el cuento de nunca acabar we're going to move again? this is like a neverending story o there seems to be no end to thistraer algo a cuento to bring sth upvenir a cuento: no saques a relucir cosas que no vienen a cuento don't dredge up things that have nothing to do with this o which have no bearing on this o which are irrelevantsin venir a cuento for no reason at all2 (chiste) joke, story¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …? do you know the joke o ( colloq) the one about the elephant that …?Compuestos:short storyfairy story, fairy taleB1 ( fam)(chisme): se enteró y le fue con el cuento al profesor she found out and ran off to tell the teacher ( colloq)siempre anda con cuentos sobre todo el mundo she's always gossiping about everybodycomer cuentos ( Ven fam): ¡tú sí que comes cuentos! you're so gullible! o you'd believe anything! o ( colloq) you'd fall for anything!no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in excuses o stories3 ( fam)(exageración): todos esos lloros son puro cuento para que te perdone all that crying is just put on to get me to forgive you¡qué vas a estar enfermo!, ¡tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! you're not sick, you're just putting it on! ( colloq), you're not sick, stop fibbing! ( colloq)Compuestos:( fam):eso de que se va a casar es un cuento chino all that stuff about getting married is a load of baloney o ( AmE) bull o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)yo no soy tan ingenuo, así que no me vengas con cuentos chinos I'm not as gullible as you think, so don't give me your cock-and-bull story ( colloq)me quiso hacer el cuento del tío y no me dejé he tried to con me o pull a fast one on me but I didn't fall for it ( colloq)( fam); old wives' taleC(número): sin cuento countless, innumerable* * *
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)
cuento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
contar
cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;
y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;
es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;
¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2
◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;
sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …
contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):
su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
cuento sustantivo masculino
( para niños) story, tale;
cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all
◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o storiesd) (fam) ( exageración):
eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet
* * *♦ nm1. [narración] short story;[fábula] tale;un libro de cuentos a storybook;contar un cuento to tell a story;venir a cuento to be relevant;sin venir a cuento for no reason at all;y eso, ¿a cuento de qué? what's all this in aid of?;aplicarse el cuento: ¿ves lo que le ha pasado? pues aplícate el cuento see what happened to him? well, you just have a good think about that;Famir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell sb;Famser el cuento de nunca acabar to be a never-ending story o an endless businesscuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera:es el cuento de la lechera that's pie in the sky¡déjate de cuentos! stop making things up!, don't give me that!;ése tiene mucho cuento he's always putting it on;venir con cuentos to tell fibs o stories;CSurhacerle a alguien el cuento del tío to pull a scam on sb, to con sb;Esptener más cuento que Calleja to be a big fibber;vivir del cuento to live by one's witscuento chino:lo del final del mundo es cuento chino that stuff about the end of the world is a load of Br rubbish o US bull;* * *m1 (short) story;cuento de nunca acabar fig never-ending story;ir con el cuento a alguien tell s.o. tales2 ( pretexto) excuse;tener mucho cuento put it on fam ;vivir del cuento fam live off other people3:venir a cuento be relevant;eso no viene a cuento that’s irrelevant;traer a cuento bring up* * *cuento nm1) : story, tale2)cuento de hadas : fairy tale3)sin cuento : countless* * *cuento n2. (en literatura) short story -
15 tale
teɪl сущ.
1) рассказ;
сказка to concoct a tale ≈ придумать, состряпать рассказ to make up a tale ≈ сочинить сказку to narrate a tale, to tell a tale ≈ рассказать сказку absorbing tale exciting tale fascinating tale gripping tale fairy tale fanciful tale hair-raising tale harrowing tale shocking tale folk tale tall tale Syn: story, narrative
2) часто мн. басни, россказни
3) сплетня Syn: gossip, tittle-tattle рассказ;
история;
повесть - stirring * волнующий рассказ - romantic * романтическая история - the Winter's T. Зимняя сказка (пьеса Шекспира) - folk *s былины - *s of the court of King Arthur рассказы рыцарей круглого стола Короля Артура;
рассказы о Короле Артуре - there's a * that... существует предание, что... - to tell smb. the tale of one's adventures рассказать кому-л. о своих приключениях свидетельство - his drawn face told the * of his sufferings его изможденное лицо говорило о пережитом - that tells its own * это говорит само за себя;
после этого никаких других доказательств не требуется часто pl слухи, россказни;
(разговорное) сплетни, выдумки;
враки, сказки;
ложь - it's only a * это всего лишь разговоры - this is the * that's going about вот что об этом рассказывают, вот какие слухи ходят об этом - I've heard some pretty *s about you мне кое-что о тебе порассказали - he told me a * он солгал мне - I've heard that * before эту байку я уже слышал - *s lose nothing in the telling( красивая) выдумка не становится хуже от повторения что-л. несуществующее, фикция - if it were not for them the town would have been a mere * если бы не они, от города остались бы одни воспоминания (тк. в ед. ч.) (устаревшее) счет, перечисление;
число;
сумма, список, совокупность - by * на счет, поштучно - to sell smth. by * or by the weight продавать что-л. поштучно или на вес - the * is complete все на месте, все в сборе - the * of dead and wounded число убитых и раненых - the yearly * сумма за год - the * of traits совокупность черт( характера) > a Canterbury *, a * of a tub, old wives' /travellers'/ *s выдумки, басни, бабушкины сказки, бабьи сплетни, охотничьи рассказы, небылицы > to tell the * рассказывать о несчастьях > he lived to tell the * есть живой свидетель этих( трагических) событий > to tell /to bring, to carry/ *s раззванивать( что-л., о чем-л.), разглашать секреты;
сплетничать, разносить сплетни > to tell *s out of school разбалтывать чьи-л. секреты;
выносить сор из избы;
ябедничать, наушничать, доносить > to hold /to make, to give, to tell/ no * of smth. не придавать чему-л. значения > thereby hangs a * об этом есть что порассказать > his * is told его песенка спета, с ним все кончено an old wives' ~ неправдоподобная история, бабьи сказки tale (часто pl) выдумки, россказни ~ рассказ;
повесть;
a twice told tale старая история ~ сплетня;
to tell tales сплетничать;
to tell tales out of school = выносить сор из избы ~ уст. счет, число;
количество;
the tale is complete все в сборе;
Canterbury tale вымысел, сказки, басни ~ уст. счет, число;
количество;
the tale is complete все в сборе;
Canterbury tale вымысел, сказки, басни ~ сплетня;
to tell tales сплетничать;
to tell tales out of school = выносить сор из избы ~ сплетня;
to tell tales сплетничать;
to tell tales out of school = выносить сор из избы ~ рассказ;
повесть;
a twice told tale старая история
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