Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cuentos

English translation:

stories

Added to glossary by Andrea Bullrich
Feb 8, 2002 16:10
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

cuentos

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other story
que limpiar la casa y contarme cuentos.

Proposed translations

+11
9 mins
Selected

stories

... than cleaning the house and telling me stories...

HTH
Andrea
Peer comment(s):

agree Trudy Peters
16 mins
agree jafroome
19 mins
agree Colin Brayton
32 mins
agree A Hayes (X) : there's too little context to infer anything else.
35 mins
agree Regina Motta
37 mins
agree Andrea Kaplan
1 hr
agree Steven Swapp : What someone would really naturally say.
1 hr
agree Aurora Humarán (X)
4 hrs
agree Fiona N�voa
5 hrs
agree Robert INGLEDEW
6 hrs
agree elenali
7 hrs
thanks everybody... :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+2
1 min

tales

...than cleaning the house and telling me tales.
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabriela De Seta : tales or stories
2 hrs
Gracias
agree insua : for me its the right amswer
2 hrs
Thank you
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8 mins

story telling

Although in this case it is probably: ...and telling me lies!

Whether people called it storytelling, story telling or story-telling the answers to questions on the topic could be found there. the center ...
Description: The Storytelling Center, sponsored by the Storybook Lady, includes online Seasonal & Holiday Stories,...
Category: Arts > Performing Arts > Storytelling
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+4
14 mins

(fairy) tales

I think it describes the things this person does, so "cleaning the house and telling me fairy tales"
best, y
Peer comment(s):

agree Pee Eff (X)
2 mins
agree Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
10 mins
agree laurab
2 hrs
agree Tussing : Conveys the idea of "lying" mentioned above; but more context would be useful.
9 hrs
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46 mins

That [you-he-she] clean the house and tell me stories

without more context, impossible to tell if this is a dependent clause ("that he cleans ...], comparative ["than clean the house ...], or informal optative ("clean the house and tell me stories, please."
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