story

el cuento

noun

story
[?st??r?]
sustantivo
1 cuento (m) (account) (fictional) ; historia (f) (factual)
  • to tell stories (sentido figurado) -> contar cuentos (lie)
2 argumento (m) (plot) (of novel, play)
3 artículo (m) (in newspaper)
4 (idioms)
  • that is quite another story -> eso ya es otra cosa
  • it's the same old story -> es la historia de siempre
  • it's the story of my life! (familiar) -> ¡siempre me pasa lo mismo!
  • it's a long story -> es muy largo de contar
  • to cut a long story short, ? -> para resumir, ?

story [sto-ri]
sustantivo
1 Historia, relación de las cosas pasada
sustantivo
2 Cuento, fábula, conseja (tale); historieta, noveleta.
sustantivo
3 Cuento de viejas, hablilla. (Familiar) (m)
4 Enredo, trama de una obra literaria o dramática. (m)
5 Mentira, fábula (lie); eufemismo usado generalmente por los niños o para con los niños. (Familiar) (m)
6 Anécdota. (m)
7 Alto, cada uno de los pisos o suelos de una casa (floor). (m)
  • A house three stories high -> casa de tres altos o de tres pisos
  • As the story goes -> según se dice, según cuenta la historia
  • A true story -> una historia o anécdota verdadera
  • Fairy story -> cuento de hadas
1 Historiar, narrar (tell).
2 Colocar las cosas poniéndolas ordenadamente unas debajo de otra
sustantivo
va.

story [ˈstɔːrɪ]
noun
1 (account) historia; (f) (tale) cuento; (m) relato; (m) (joke) chiste; (m)
his story is that ... según él dice ...; según lo que él cuenta ...
but that's another storyanother pero eso es otro cantar
a children's storychildren's un cuento infantil
the story goes that ...goes se dice se cuenta que ...;or
the story is that he was chatting in the square when someone threw an egg at him
the story of her lifelife la historia de su vida
that's the story of my life! (informal) ¡siempre me pasa lo mismo!
it's a long storylong es/sería largo de contar
to cut a long story short en resumidas cuentas; en pocas palabras
it's the same old storysame es la historia de siempre
to tell a storytell (fictional) contar un cuento; (recount what happened) contar narrar una historia;or
tell me a story she told us the story of how she broke her leg
the marks tell their own story las señales hablan por sí solas; las señales no necesitan interpretación; the full story has still to be told todavía no se ha hecho pública toda la historia; what a story this house could tell! ¡cuántas cosas nos diría esta casa!
the story of their travelstravels la relación de sus viajes
that's not the whole storywhole eso no es todo
2 (plot) argumento; (m) trama; (f)
3 (Press) artículo; (m) reportaje; (m)
4 (euphemistic) (lie) mentira; (f) cuento; (m)
a likely story!likely ¡puro cuento!
to tell storiestell (lies) contar embustes
you shouldn't tell stories
modifier
story writer (n) narradoranarradora;a narradora (m) (f)
story [ˈstɔːrɪ]
noun
(US)

Verb Conjugation for "story"

Imperative
  • story
  • you story
  • he/she stories
  • we story
  • you story
  • they story
Preterite
  • I storied
  • you storied
  • he/she storied
  • we storied
  • you storied
  • they storied
Present Continuous
  • I am storying
  • you are storying
  • he/she is storying
  • we are storying
  • you are storying
  • they are storying
Present Perfect
  • I have storied
  • you have storied
  • he/she has storied
  • we have storied
  • you have storied
  • they have storied
Past Continuous
  • I was storying
  • you were storying
  • he/she was storying
  • we were storying
  • you were storying
  • they were storying
Past Perfect
  • I had storied
  • you had storied
  • he/she had storied
  • we had storied
  • you had storied
  • they had storied
Future
  • I will story
  • you will story
  • he/she will story
  • we will story
  • you will story
  • they will story
Future Perfect
  • I will have storied
  • you will have storied
  • he/she will have storied
  • we will have storied
  • you will have storied
  • they will have storied
Future Continuous
  • I will be storying
  • you will be storying
  • he/she will be storying
  • we will be storying
  • you will be storying
  • they will be storying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been storying
  • you have been storying
  • he/she has been storying
  • we have been storying
  • you have been storying
  • they have been storying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been storying
  • you will have been storying
  • he/she will have been storying
  • we will have been storying
  • you will have been storying
  • they will have been storying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been storying
  • you had been storying
  • he/she had been storying
  • we had been storying
  • you had been storying
  • they had been storying
Paid English to Spanish translation

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