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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cuento. Doublet of conte.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuento m (plural cuentos)
- (Castilianism, proscribed) folktale
- Synonym: rondalla
Further reading
- “cuento” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: cuen‧to
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus. Doublet of cómputo, a borrowing.
Noun
cuento m (plural cuentos)
- story
- Synonyms: relato, narración
- (colloquial) tale, lie
- Synonyms: embuste, engaño
- (obsolete) one million
- Synonym: millón
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Etymology 2
Verb
cuento
- first-person singular present indicative of contar
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