tales in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for tales in the English»Italian Dictionary

tales [Brit ˈteɪliːz, Am ˈteɪliz] N

tales LAW (substitute jurors)

giurati mpl supplenti

tales (writ for summoning substitute jurors)

atto m di convocazione dei giurati supplenti

tale [Brit teɪl, Am teɪl] N

1. tale:

tale (story)

storia f (about su)

tale (fantasy story)

favola f (about su)

tale (narrative, account)

racconto m (about su)

tale (legend)

leggenda f (about su)

to tell a tale

raccontare una storia

to tell a tale of woe (about oneself)

raccontare le proprie disgrazie

to tell a tale of woe (about others)

raccontare una storia triste

the figures tell the same, another tale

le cifre confermano la cosa, dicono tutt'altra cosa

the recent events tell their own tale

i recenti avvenimenti si commentano da soli

2. tale:

tale (hearsay)

storia f

tale (gossip)

diceria f

tale (gossip)

chiacchiere fpl

to spread or tell tales

sparlare (about sb di qn)

a likely tale!

non raccontare storie!

dead men tell no tales

i morti non parlano

to live to tell the tale

sopravvivere (per potere raccontare la propria esperienza)

to tell tales out of school

fare la spia

traveller's tale [ˈtrævləzˌteɪl] N

traveller's tale

racconto m incredibile

folk tale [Brit, Am ˈfoʊk ˌteɪl] N

folk tale

leggenda f popolare

morality tale [məˈrælətɪˌteɪl] N

morality tale

racconto m morale

fairy tale [Brit, Am ˈfɛri teɪl] N

1. fairy tale:

fairy tale

racconto m di fate

fairy tale

fiaba f

2. fairy tale (lie):

fairy tale euph

favola f

fairy tale euph

fandonia f

3. fairy tale [before n] (idealized):

fairy tale, also fairy-tale, fairytale romance

da favola

fairy tale, also fairy-tale, fairytale princess

delle favole

old wives' tale [ˌəʊldˈwaɪvzteɪl] N

old wives' tale

storia f da donnette

old wives' tale

superstizione f da donnette

Translations for tales in the Italian»English Dictionary

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fiaba

fairy tale

fiaba

(folk) tale

fiaba per bambini

children's fairy tale

raccontare or narrare fiabe

to tell fairy tales

le fiabe di Andersen

Andersen's fairy tales

novelliere (novelliera)

writer of tales

novella

tale

le novelle di Boccaccio

Boccaccio's tales

una raccolta di novelle

a collection of tales

tales in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tales in the English»Italian Dictionary

tale [teɪl] N

1. tale (story):

tale

storia f

tale LIT

racconto m

2. tale (lie):

tale

frottola f

dead men tell no tales

i morti non parlano

Phrases:

to tell tales

fare la spia

fairy tale N a.fig

fairy tale

fiaba f

a fairy tale ending

un finale da favola

old wives' tale [ˌoʊld·ˈwaɪvz·ˌteɪl] N

old wives' tale

credenza f popolare

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a cautionary tale

un racconto con una morale

Translations for tales in the Italian»English Dictionary

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fare la spia inf

to tell tales

fiabesco (-a)

fairy-tale

spione (-a)

tattle-tale

fiaba

fairy tale

panzana

tall tale

inventarne di tutti i colori

to tell tall tales

tales Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a fairy tale ending

un finale da favola

dead men tell no tales prov

i morti non parlano

thereby hangs a tale iron

è una storia lunga

a cautionary tale

un racconto con una morale

dead men tell no tales

i morti non parlano

to tell tales

fare la spia

a tale of woe

tragedia f

Epifania , Epiphany, the Feast of the Three Kings at the end of the Christmas period, is a statutory holiday in Italy. According to tradition, on the night of January 6 the Befana , an old woman from fairy tales, comes down the chimney, bringing gifts for good children and pieces of coal for bad ones.

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A new genetic map of nearly all living birds has shaken the avian evolutionary tree, scattering some species to new perches and adding odd flourishes to their tales.

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His father reads accountant tales to him as bedtime stories.

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That opened the floodgates and my email queue has been swamped with similar tales from furious customers.

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The evidence was there -- the wrinkles, the sagging, the gray hair -- the truest tattle-tales of age.

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It is played during social gatherings, and to accompany epic storytelling or songs of heroic tales.

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Folk tales say that the town sank beneath the ocean.

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But the numbers can't even begin to encompass the exasperating tales these survey takers witnessed.

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At times, she challenged the typical romance plot by including narratives of female desire or tales of females suffering despotism.

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On the mainsail tell-tales are on the leech (aft edge) and when trimmed properly should be streaming backwards.

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Folk tales illustrate the history with stories about good and sinful nuns.

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