fiction

la ficción

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fiction(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (literature)

a. la ficción

(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).

(F)

She stopped writing fiction and started writing poetry.Dejó de escribir ficción y comenzó a escribir poesía.

b. la narrativa

(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).

(F)

His fiction revolves around dragons and magicians mostly.Su narrativa se centra mayoritariamente en magos y dragones.

c. la literatura de ficción

(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).

(F)

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) 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).

(F)

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.

fiction

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (sth invented)

a. la ficción

(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).

(F)

2. (short stories, novels)

a. la (literatura de) ficción

(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).

(F)

a work of fictionuna obra de ficción

fiction [ˈfɪkʃən]

noun

1 (Literat) literatura (f) de ficción; narrativa (f)

a work of fiction una obra de ficción

2 (untruth) ficción (f); invención (f)

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Phrases

science fiction	la ciencia ficción
historical fiction	la novela histórica
realistic fiction	la ficción realista
science fiction movie	película de ciencia ficción
fiction book	libro de ficción
non-fiction book	libro de no ficción