English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “tale”

tale (teɪl Pronunciation for tale

Translations

noun

  1. (= story) cuento masculine, historia feminine ⇒ he told us the tale of his adventures nos contó sus aventuras ⇒ he had quite a tale to tell vaya historia que tenía para contar ⇒ it tells its own tale habla por sí solo

    Tales of King Arthur Leyendas feminine plural del Rey Arturo

     ⇒ sound the alarm, or we shan't live to tell the tale toca el timbre, o no salimos vivos de esto, toca el timbre, o no lo contamos ⇒ few people get caught in an avalanche and live to tell the tale muy poca gente sobrevive una avalancha
    see also fairy, hang (sense 1), woe
  2. (= fabrication) cuento masculine, patraña feminine

    idiom: to tell tales (out of school) (= inform) chivarse, chismear (= fib) contar cuentos

see also oldmodifier

Similar Words

= story, narrative, anecdote, account, relation, novel, legend, fiction, romance, saga, short story, yarn, fable, narration, conte, spiel, urban myth, urban legend
= lie, fabrication, falsehood, fib, untruth, spiel, tall story, rigmarole, cock-and-bull story

'tale' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: حِكَايَةPronunciation for حِكَايَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: contoPronunciation for conto
  • Chinese: 故事Pronunciation for 故事
  • Croatian: pričaPronunciation for priča
  • Czech: příběhPronunciation for příběh
  • Danish: fortællingPronunciation for fortælling
  • Dutch: sprookjePronunciation for sprookje
  • European Spanish: cuentoPronunciation for cuento
  • Finnish: tarinaPronunciation for tarina
  • French: récitPronunciation for récit
  • German: ErzählungPronunciation for Erzählung
  • Greek: μύθοςPronunciation for μύθοςιστορία
  • Italian: storiaPronunciation for storia
  • Japanese: Pronunciation for 話
  • Korean: 이야기Pronunciation for 이야기
  • Norwegian: historiePronunciation for historie
  • Polish: opowieśćPronunciation for opowieść
  • Portuguese: contoPronunciation for conto
  • Romanian: basm basme
  • Russian: сказкаPronunciation for сказка
  • Spanish: cuentoPronunciation for cuento
  • Swedish: berättelsePronunciation for berättelse
  • Thai: เรื่องเล่าPronunciation for เรื่องเล่า
  • Turkish: masalPronunciation for masal
  • Ukrainian: оповідання
  • Vietnamese: câu chuyệnPronunciation for câu chuyện

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