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cuento.

story

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkwento/[ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]

  1. story

    masculine
    Déjeme contarle un cuento.
    No me gusta ese cuento.

  2. tale, lie

    colloquial · masculine
    Déjate de cuentos.

  3. one million

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computus Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s) Old Spanish Spanish cuento Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus. Doublet of cómputo, a borrowing.

verb/ˈkwento/[ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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