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cuento de hadas



Definitions

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cuento de hadas
     1. n-m. fairy tale
Analysis
cuento
     1. n-m. story
     2. n-m. (colloquial) tale, lie
     3. n-m. (obsolete) one million
     4. v. first-person singular present indicative of contar
     contar
          1. v. to count; to tally
          2. v. to tell (a story); narrate
          3. v. to be (a certain number of years of age)
                Cuando contaba treinta años. - When he was thirty years of age
          4. v. (indtr, con) to rely on
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
           Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
           la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
           Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
hadas
     1. n. plural of hada
     hada
          1. n-f. fairy
          2. n-f. (obsolete) one of the Fates



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