"cuento" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwento/, [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o] Forms: cuentos [plural]
Rhymes: -ento Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus. Doublet of cómputo, a borrowing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish, {{inh+|es|osp|-}} Inherited from Old Spanish, {{inh|es|VL.||*contu(s)}} Vulgar Latin *contu(s), {{m|la||*comptu(s)}} *comptu(s), {{inh|es|la|computus}} Latin computus, {{doublet|es|cómputo}} Doublet of cómputo Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} cuento m (plural cuentos)
  1. story Tags: masculine Synonyms: relato, narración
    Sense id: en-cuento-es-noun-xHg2Hmhp
  2. (colloquial) tale, lie Tags: colloquial, masculine Synonyms: embuste, engaño
    Sense id: en-cuento-es-noun-lUtf~sXV
  3. (obsolete) one million Tags: masculine, obsolete Categories (topical): Genres
    Sense id: en-cuento-es-noun-ZQZeSi~l Disambiguation of Genres: 2 11 56 31 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 62 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: cuento chino, cuento de fantasmas, cuento de hadas Related terms: contar
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: a cuento de qué, acabados son cuentos, cuentacuentos, cuentista, cuento de cuentos, cuento de horno, cuento de viejas, dejarse de cuentos, el cuento de nunca acabar, en cuento de, en todo cuento, ese es el cuento, estar en el cuento, libro de cuentos, no venir a cuento, poner en cuentos, quitarse de cuentos, ser mucho cuento drae, sin venir a cuento, tener más cuento que Calleja, va de cuento, vivir del cuento

Verb

IPA: /ˈkwento/, [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} cuento
  1. first-person singular present indicative of contar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: contar
    Sense id: en-cuento-es-verb-7LqAtSBi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) one million"
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