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1 cuento
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar) \ \
cuento es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoMultiple 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 -
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