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1 cuentista
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2 cuentista
adj.1 gossipy, fibber.2 story-writing.f. & m.1 short story writer.2 fibber, story-teller (informal) (mentiroso).3 storywriter, story-teller, storyteller.4 liar, talebearer.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar overdramatic1 (autor) story story writer; (narrador) storyteller* * *SMF1) (Literat) (=escritor) short-story writer; (=narrador) storyteller2) (=chismoso) gossip; (=soplón) telltale3) (=mentiroso) liar, fibber *4) esp LAm * (=estafador) confidence trickster, con man ** * *Ia) (fam) ( exagerado)no seas cuentista, que no duele tanto — don't exaggerate, it doesn't hurt that much
b) ( fantasioso)IIser cuentista — to be a fibber (colloq)
masculino y femeninoa) (Lit) short-story writerb) (fam) ( exagerado)no te fíes de ese cuentista, es puro teatro — don't fall for his playacting, he's just putting it on
c) ( fantasioso) fibber (colloq)* * *Ia) (fam) ( exagerado)no seas cuentista, que no duele tanto — don't exaggerate, it doesn't hurt that much
b) ( fantasioso)IIser cuentista — to be a fibber (colloq)
masculino y femeninoa) (Lit) short-story writerb) (fam) ( exagerado)no te fíes de ese cuentista, es puro teatro — don't fall for his playacting, he's just putting it on
c) ( fantasioso) fibber (colloq)* * *( fam):no seas cuentista, que le pongan a uno una inyección no es para tanto don't exaggerate o don't be so dramatic, having an injection's not that bad!con lo cuentista que es, no sé si creérmelo he's such a fibber, I'm not sure whether to believe him ( colloq)1 ( Lit) short-story writerno te fíes de ese cuentista, es puro teatro don't fall for all his playacting o don't trust that fibber, it's all just put on ( colloq)* * *
cuentista adjetivoa) (fam) ( exagerado):◊ no seas cuentista, que no duele tanto don't exaggerate, it doesn't hurt that muchb) ( fantasioso):◊ ser cuentista to be a fibber (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino y femeninoa) (Lit) short-story writerb) (fam) ( exagerado):◊ no te fíes de ese cuentista, es puro teatro don't fall for his playacting, he's just putting it on
' cuentista' also found in these entries:
English:
storyteller
* * *♦ adjFam [mentiroso]no seas cuentista don't tell fibs♦ nmf1. [escritor] short story writeres un cuentista, se cayó él solo, yo no lo toqué he's telling fibs o he's fibbing, he fell by himself, I never touched him* * ** * *cuentista nmf1) : short story writer -
3 trolero
► adjetivo1 familiar lying1 familiar liar, fibber* * *trolero, -a* SM / F fibber, liar* * *I- ra adjetivo (Esp fam) lying (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino (Esp fam) liar, fibber (colloq)* * *= fibber.Ex. The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.* * *I- ra adjetivo (Esp fam) lying (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino (Esp fam) liar, fibber (colloq)* * *= fibber.Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.
* * *masculine, feminine( fam)liar, fibber ( colloq)* * *
trolero,-a
I adj fam lying
II m,f fam liar
' trolero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trolera
English:
fibber
- storyteller
* * *trolero, -a Fam♦ adjser trolero to be a fibber♦ nm,ffibber* * *famI adj lyingII m, trolera f liar -
4 embustero
adj.deceitful, liar.m.liar, charlatan, cheat, deceiver.* * *► adjetivo1 lying, deceitful► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 liar* * *embustero, -a1. ADJ1) (=mentiroso) lying2)persona embustera — Cono Sur person who cannot spell properly
3) CAm (=altanero) haughty2.SM / F (=mentiroso) liar* * *I- ra adjetivoII- ra masculino, femenino fibber (colloq), liar* * *I- ra adjetivoII- ra masculino, femenino fibber (colloq), liar* * *embustero11 = trickster, liar, fabulist, fabricator, fibber.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.embustero22 = deceitful, mendacious, lying.Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.* * *¡qué niño más embustero! what a little fibber ( colloq)masculine, femininefibber ( colloq), liar* * *
embustero◊ -ra adjetivo: ¡qué niño más embustero! what a little fibber (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
fibber (colloq), liar
embustero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino cheat, liar
' embustero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
embustera
English:
liar
- deceitful
* * *embustero, -a♦ adj[mentiroso] lying;¡mira que eres embustero! you lying hound!♦ nm,fliar, fibber* * *I adj deceitfulII m, embustera f liar* * *embustero, -ra adj: lying, deceitfulembustero, -ra n: liar, cheat* * *embustero n liar -
5 hablador
adj.talkative, conversational, talky.m.1 talker, chatterbox, babbler, bigmouth.2 storyteller, liar, fibber.* * *► adjetivo1 (parlanchín) talkative2 (chismoso) gossipy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (parlanchín) talker, chatterbox2 (chismoso) gossip* * *(f. - habladora)adj.* * *hablador, -a1. ADJ1) (=parlanchín) talkative, chatty *2) (=chismoso) gossipy, given to gossip2. SM / F1) (=locuaz) great talker, chatterbox *2) (=chismoso) gossip* * *I- dora adjetivoa) ( charlatán) talkative, chatty (colloq)b) ( chismoso) gossipy (colloq)c) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso)IIes tan hablador — he's such a fibber (colloq)
- dora masculino, femeninoa) ( charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)b) ( chismoso) gossip (colloq)c) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) storyteller, fibber (colloq)* * *= talker, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, chatty [chattier -comp., chattiest -sup.].Ex. A voluble talker, he is known as a person with a large talent and a large ego.Ex. Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Ex. Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.* * *I- dora adjetivoa) ( charlatán) talkative, chatty (colloq)b) ( chismoso) gossipy (colloq)c) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso)IIes tan hablador — he's such a fibber (colloq)
- dora masculino, femeninoa) ( charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)b) ( chismoso) gossip (colloq)c) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) storyteller, fibber (colloq)* * *= talker, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, chatty [chattier -comp., chattiest -sup.].Ex: A voluble talker, he is known as a person with a large talent and a large ego.
Ex: Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Ex: Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.* * *1 (charlatán) talkative, chatty ( colloq)2(indiscreto, chismoso): ¿por qué tienes que ser tan habladora? why do you have to be such a bigmouth? ( colloq)3( Méx fam) (mentiroso): no seas hablador don't be such a fibber ( colloq), don't tell fibs ( colloq)masculine, feminine1 (charlatán) chatterbox ( colloq)2 (indiscreto, chismoso) bigmouth ( colloq)* * *
hablador◊ - dora adjetivo
c) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso):◊ es tan hablador he's such a fibber (colloq);
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
hablador,-ora adj (charlatán) talkative
pey (indiscreto) gossipy
' hablador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
charlatán
- charlatana
- habladora
- callado
English:
chatty
- talkative
- talker
* * *hablador, -ora♦ adj1. [parlanchín] talkative;es demasiado hablador he talks too much2. [chismoso] gossipy;es muy hablador he's a real gossip3. Méx, RDom [mentiroso] lying♦ nm,f2. [chismoso] gossip3. Méx, RDom [mentiroso] liar* * *I adj talkative; MéxboastfulII m, habladora f chatterbox* * *: talkative: chatterbox* * *hablador adj (que habla mucho) talkative -
6 mentiroso
adj.deceptive, liar, deceitful, dishonest.m.liar, storyteller.* * *► adjetivo1 lying► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 liar* * *mentiroso, -a1. ADJ1) (=que miente) lying¡es tan mentiroso! — he's such a liar!
¡mentiroso! — you liar!
2) [texto] full of errors, full of misprints2.SM / F (=que miente) liar* * *I- sa adjetivoIIes muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
- sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)* * *I- sa adjetivoIIes muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
- sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)* * *mentiroso11 = fibber, liar, fabulist, fabricator.Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.
Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.* mentiroso compulsivo = pathological liar, compulsive liar.* mentiroso patológico = pathological liar, compulsive liar.mentiroso22 = mendacious, lying, deceitful.Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.* * *es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber ( colloq)masculine, feminineliar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber ( colloq)antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo or más rápido cae un mentiroso que un cojo the liar is sooner caught than the cripple* * *
mentiroso◊ -sa adjetivo: es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar;
( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
liar;
( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
mentiroso,-a
I adjetivo lying: es un chico muy mentiroso, he's a big liar
II sustantivo masculino y femenino liar
' mentiroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañosa
- engañoso
- mentirosa
- chanta
- cuentero
- deshonesto
- hablador
- incorregible
English:
consummate
- habitual
- liar
- lying
- storyteller
- untruthful
* * *mentiroso, -a♦ adjlying;[engañoso] deceptive♦ nm,fliar* * *I adj:ser muy mentiroso tell a lot of liesII m, mentirosa f liar* * *mentiroso, -sa adjembustero: lying, untruthfulmentiroso, -sa nembustero: liar* * *mentiroso n liar -
7 cuentero
cuentero, -a* SM / F Cono Sur1) (=mentiroso) liar, fibber *2) (=estafador) confidence trickster, con man ** * *I- ra adjetivo (Méx, RPl fam)a) ( mentiroso)ser cuentero — to be a fibber (colloq)
b) ( chismoso) gossipyII- ra masculino, femenino (Méx, RPl fam)a) ( mentiroso) fibberb) ( chismoso) gossip* * *I- ra adjetivo (Méx, RPl fam)a) ( mentiroso)ser cuentero — to be a fibber (colloq)
b) ( chismoso) gossipyII- ra masculino, femenino (Méx, RPl fam)a) ( mentiroso) fibberb) ( chismoso) gossip* * *(Méx, RPl fam)1(mentiroso): no le creas, es muy cuentero don't believe him, he's always telling stories o fibs ( colloq)2 (chismoso) gossipymasculine, feminine(Méx, RPI fam)1 (mentiroso) fibber2 (chismoso) gossip* * *
cuentero◊ -ra adjetivo (Méx, RPl fam)a) ( mentiroso):◊ ser cuentero to be a fibber (colloq)
* * *♦ adj1. [chismoso] gossipy♦ nm,f1. [chismoso] gossip, gossipmonger2. [mentiroso] fibber -
8 mojonero
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9 bolero
adj.lying, fibbing.m.1 bolero.2 shoeshine boy, bootblack.3 cup-and-ball.* * *► adjetivo1 lying► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 liar————————► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 bolero dancer1 (baile) bolero2 (prenda) bolero, bolero jacket————————1 (baile) bolero2 (prenda) bolero, bolero jacket* * *IADJ truantIISM (Mús) boleroIIISM Méx bootblack, shoeshine boy* * *I1) (Mús) bolero2) (Indum) bolero jacket/topII- ra masculino, femenino (Méx) bootblack* * *= fibber.Ex. The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.* * *I1) (Mús) bolero2) (Indum) bolero jacket/topII- ra masculino, femenino (Méx) bootblack* * *= fibber.Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.
* * *A ( Mús) boleroB ( Indum) bolero jacket; shrugmasculine, feminine( Méx) bootblack* * *
bolero 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (Mús) bolero
2 (Indum) bolero jacket/top
bolero 2◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino (Méx) bootblack
' bolero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
torera
* * *bolero1, -a♦ adjFam [mentiroso]no seas bolero stop telling stories♦ nm,fFam [mentiroso] fibber♦ nm[baile] bolerobolero2, -a nm,fMéx [limpiabotas] shoeshine, Br bootblack* * *I m MÚS bolerobootblack* * *bolero nm: bolero -
10 mentirosillo
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11 bocón
adj.1 big-mouthed, boasting.2 wide-mouthed, with a large mouth, widemouthed.m.boastful person, big mouth, boaster.* * *bocón, -ona1. ADJ1) (=jactancioso) boastful, big-mouthed **3) Méx (=poco discreto) indiscreet2.SM / F bigmouth *** * *I- cona adjetivoa) (Andes, Méx fam) ( hablador) bigmouthed (colloq)b) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) lying (before n)II- cona masculino, femeninob) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) liar, fibber (colloq)* * *I- cona adjetivoa) (Andes, Méx fam) ( hablador) bigmouthed (colloq)b) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) lying (before n)II- cona masculino, femeninob) (Méx fam) ( mentiroso) liar, fibber (colloq)* * *no seas bocón, es muy simpática don't bad-mouth her, she's really nice ( colloq)2no seas bocón don't liemasculine, feminine* * *bocón, -ona♦ adjAm Fam♦ nm,fAm Fam1. [bocazas] bigmouth, blabbermouth2. [fanfarrón] bigmouth, show-off♦ nmCarib [pez] Pacific anchoveta* * * -
12 boletero
m.ticket seller.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO ticket seller* * *boletero, -aSM / F LAm ticket clerk, ticket seller* * *- ra masculino, femeninoa) (Chi) ( vendedor) ticket-sellerb) (Arg fam) ( mentiroso) fibber (colloq)* * *- ra masculino, femeninoa) (Chi) ( vendedor) ticket-sellerb) (Arg fam) ( mentiroso) fibber (colloq)* * *boletero -ramasculine, feminine1 ( Chi) (vendedor) ticket-seller* * *boletero, -a nm,fAm box office attendant* * *m, boletera f L.Am.1 en estación ticket clerk -
13 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 -
14 mulero
adj.1 applied to a horse fond of mules.2 mule, muleteer, mule-breeding.* * *1 muleteer* * *mulero, -aSM / F1) (=mozo) muleteer2) Cono Sur * (=mentiroso) liar* * *- ra masculino, femenino muleteer, mule driver* * *- ra masculino, femenino muleteer, mule driver* * *1 (tramposo) cheating ( before n)2 (mentiroso) lying ( before n)masculine, feminineA (mozo de mulas) muleteer, mule driver1 (tramposo) cheat2 (mentiroso) liar* * *mulero1 nmmuleteer♦ adjes muy mulero he's a real fibber♦ nm,ffibber* * *m mule driver -
15 rollero
adj.talkative, chatty, eloquent, verbose.* * *► adjetivo-nombre masculino,nombre femenino* * *adjetivo (Méx fam)a) ( hablador) talkativequé rollero es! — he sure does go on! (colloq)
b) ( mentiroso)* * *adjetivo (Méx fam)a) ( hablador) talkativequé rollero es! — he sure does go on! (colloq)
b) ( mentiroso)* * *rollero -ra -
16 rollista *
1.ADJ Espes muy rollista — (=pesado) he's such a bore; (=mentiroso) he's such a storyteller o fibber *
2. -
17 embustero1
1 = trickster, liar, fabulist, fabricator, fibber.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. That means human beings are natural-born liars.Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians. -
18 mentiroso1
1 = fibber, liar, fabulist, fabricator.Ex. The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.Ex. That means human beings are natural-born liars.Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.----* mentiroso compulsivo = pathological liar, compulsive liar.* mentiroso patológico = pathological liar, compulsive liar. -
19 cañero
adj.cane.m.pipe fitter.* * *1. ADJ1) LAm sugar-cane antes de s2. SM1) (Téc) pipe fitter2) LAm (Agr) owner o manager of a sugar-cane plantation* * *I- ra adjetivo (AmL) (Agr) sugarcane (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) sugar plantation owner; ( trabajador) sugar plantation worker, cane cutter* * *I- ra adjetivo (AmL) (Agr) sugarcane (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) sugar plantation owner; ( trabajador) sugar plantation worker, cane cutter* * *Bmasculine, feminine* * *
cañero
' cañero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
machetero
* * *cañero, -a♦ adjEsp Fam [música] heavy♦ nmMéx [almacén] sugar mill storeroom♦ nm,fAm1. [trabajador] sugar plantation worker2. [propietario] sugar plantation owner* * *I adj L.Am.sugar-cane atrII m, cañera f plantation worker -
20 rollista
► adjetivo1 (latoso) boring, annoying2 (cuentista) overdramatic1 (latoso) bore, drag2 (cuentista) over-dramatic person* * ** * ** * *1 (hablador) talkative¡qué rollista es! he certainly talks a lot!, he sure does go on! ( colloq)2(mentiroso): es muy rollista he's a real fibber o he's full of stories* * *I adj cock and bull atr famII m/f bullshitter pop
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