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"Fact" is a noun which is often translated as "el hecho", and "fiction" is a noun which is often translated as "la ficción". Learn more about the difference between "fact" and "fiction" below.
fact(
fahkt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (truth)
2. (reality)
a. la realidad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The short story is based on fact.El relato corto se basa en la realidad.
fiction(
fihk
-
shihn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (literature)
a. la ficción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She stopped writing fiction and started writing poetry.Dejó de escribir ficción y comenzó a escribir poesía.
b. la narrativa (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
His fiction revolves around dragons and magicians mostly.Su narrativa se centra mayoritariamente en magos y dragones.
c. la literatura de ficción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I have so much to read for school that I don't have time for reading fiction.Tengo tanto para leer para la escuela que no tengo tiempo de leer literatura de ficción.
2. (invention)
a. la ficción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I cannot keep up the fiction that I am happy with my marriage.Ya no puedo mantener la ficción de que soy feliz en mi matrimonio.
