tales in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tale [Am teɪl, Brit teɪl] N

tale
cuento m
tale
relato m
I could tell you a tale or two about him!
¡si yo te contara lo que sé de él!
her black eye told its own tale
ese ojo morado hablaba por sí solo or ya lo decía todo
we nearly didn't live to tell the tale
casi no contamos el cuento inf
we nearly didn't live to tell the tale
casi no lo contamos Spain inf
he was mauled by a lion and lived to tell the tale
fue atacado por un león y salió con vida
he was mauled by a lion and lived to tell the tale
fue atacado por un león y pudo contar el cuento inf
ah, now, thereby hangs a tale
ah, eso es toda una historia
to tell tales used by or to children
contar chismes or cuentos
I don't want to hear if you've just come to tell tales
no me vengas con chismes or cuentos que no quiero saber nada
that's not true: you're telling tales!
¡mentira! ¡eso es un cuento chino! inf
to tell tales out of school
andar con chismes or cuentos

I.fairy tale [Am ˈfɛri teɪl, Brit], fairy story N

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Arthurian legend/tales
del rey Arturo
recount tale/story
narrar
recount tale/story
contar
cock-and-bull story or tale
cuento m (chino) inf
cock-and-bull story or tale
camelo m inf

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tales in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tales in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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tales Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

dead men tell no tales
los muertos no mienten
to tell tales
chivarse
dead men tell no tales Am prov
los muertos no hablan
thereby hangs a tale iron
es una larga historia
a cautionary tale
un cuento con moraleja
a tale of woe
tragedia f
heads I win, tales you lose
o gano yo o gano yo
American English

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She wrote articles, short stories, fairy tales and fairy novels.
en.wikipedia.org
The evidence was there -- the wrinkles, the sagging, the gray hair -- the truest tattle-tales of age.
lifestyle.inquirer.net
Folk tales illustrate the history with stories about good and sinful nuns.
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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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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.
www.dnaindia.com
A series of eight supplemental tales were then released in intervals of about four weeks.
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Jack may be considered an archetypal trickster figure and the tales involve his various intrigues with hostile authority figures such as landlords, bailiffs and employers.
en.wikipedia.org
Children sat spellbound by his aboriginal tales and wonderful verses.
en.wikipedia.org
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.
www.latimes.com

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