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Inglés		Español
tale n	(story)	historia nf
		cuento nm
		fábula nf
		relato nm
	The friends all gathered around the campfire and told each other tales.
	Los amigos se reunieron alrededor del fuego y empezaron a contarse historias.
tale n	(lie)	cuento nm
		patraña nf
		embuste nm
	(España, coloquial)	trola nf
	The teacher wondered what tale Sean would come up with this time to explain why he hadn't done his homework.
	La profesora se preguntaba con qué cuento le vendría Sean para explicar por qué no había hecho los deberes.
tale n	(rumor)	rumor nm
		chisme nm
		murmuración nf
	(coloquial)	runrún nm
	There was a tale going around the playground that the new girl was the daughter of someone famous.
	En el patio del recreo circulaba el rumor de que la chica nueva era la hija de algún famoso.
tales n	(law: order summoning additional jurors) (Derecho)	convocatoria de jurados adicionales nf + loc adj
Note: Used with a singular verb
tales npl	(law: additional jurors) (Derecho)	jurados adicionales nmpl + adj mf

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
epic tale n	(long heroic story)	relato épico nm
		libro de caballerías nm
		novela heroica nf
		historia épica nf
fairy tale, fairy story n	(fantasy story)	cuento de hadas nm + loc adj
	The movie is a modern adaptation of a classic fairy tale.
	La película es una adaptación moderna de un cuento de hadas clásico.
fairy-tale n as adj	(magical, ideal)	de cuento de hadas loc adj
		como de cuento de hadas loc adj
	She finally had the fairy-tale wedding she'd always dreamed of having.
	Finalmente tuvo la boda de cuento de hadas que siempre soñó.
folk tale, folktale n	(fairy story, myth)	leyenda nf
	Folk tales provided moral lessons because virtue is always rewarded and villains are always punished.
	Las leyendas contenían lecciones morales porque la virtud siempre era premiada y los villanos siempre castigados.
		fábula nf
	Las fábulas contenían lecciones morales porque la virtud siempre era premiada y los villanos siempre castigados.
old wives' tale n	pejorative (superstition, myth) (informal)	puro cuento loc nom m
	(informal)	cuento de viejas nm + loc adj
	You don't catch a cold because your hair is wet: that's just an old wives' tale.
	No te agarras un resfrío por salir con el pelo mojado: eso es puro cuento.
talebearer, also UK: tale-bearer n	dated (person who gossips)	chismoso, chismosa nm, nf
	(ES)	cotilla n común
		cuentero, cuentera nm, nf
		cuentista n común
tall tale, tall story n	figurative, informal (far-fetched story)	relato fantástico, cuento fantástico nm + adj
	I don't want to hear any of your tall tales about being abducted by aliens on your way to school.
	No quiero escuchar otro cuento fantástico sobre como fuiste abducido por extraterrestres cuando ibas al colegio.
		relato absurdo nm + adj
	(ES, coloquial)	trola nf
	(ES, coloquial)	bola nf
telltale, tell-tale, tell-tail n	(nautical: indicates air flow)	cataviento nm
	The sailor struggled to repair the tell-tale during the storm.

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'tale' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

Bluebeard - Christmas Story - fairy godmother - ghost story - Goldilocks - once upon a time - pantomime - Pied Piper - Snow White - sob story - story - there was once

Spanish:

gallofa - jácara - agache - cuento - fábula - leyenda - batallita - bolazo - carreta - conseja - contar una de vaqueros - copla - cuenterete - cuento chino - cuento de hadas - cuento fantástico - cuento infantil - cuento tradicional - delator - embuste - espía - guayaba - historia - lío - narración - paquete - patraña - relato - venir con el cuento - verso - vivir para contarlo - yuca

Synonyms: story, yarn, saga, epic, parable, more...

Collocations: is just a tall tale, stop telling (tall) tales! , a tale of [love, revenge, betrayal], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "tale" in the title:

A classic tale revisited
a finely wrought coming-of-age tale
a little terror tale guaranteed to get the bile bubbling
A passage from the tale The 24-hour dog
a pig´s tale
a tale as to the actual story
a tale of a woman's loyalty to her seafaring husband
a tale of two penalties
a whale of a tale/story
After the fact PR tale
an off beat title... an off beat tale
an oft-told tale
and how many will live to tell the tale.
And thereby hangs the tale
castable tale
cautionary tale / tales
collocation of 'tale'
comic-book tale
cuento de viejas / old wives' tale
disturbing yet intoxicating tale of bizarre romance
Dolphin Tale
Dungeon Siege Tale
Fairy Tale
fairy tale plots
Fairy-tale / Fairy tale - grammar
far-borne tale
fee-fi-fo-fum from fairy tale
Folk Tale
Fork tale
fractured fairy tale
more...

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