cuento
Spanish, noun/ˈkwento/
cuento is spelled C-U-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,851st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Narración de un hecho ficticio, verídico o una mezcla de ambos”.
What does cuento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestory
Déjeme contarle un cuento.
- 2
colloquialmasculinetale, lie
Déjate de cuentos.
- 3
masculineobsoleteone million
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Narración de un hecho ficticio, verídico o una mezcla de ambos. 2. Género literario narrativo de corta duración. 3. Mentira, enredo, excusa inaceptable o historia ridícula. 4. Mil veces un millar de unidades (10⁶).
noun: 1. Protección de la punta del bastón, de la punta de apoyo de la lanza y de otros objetos largos. 2. Pie derecho o puntal que se pone para sostener alguna cosa. 3. Parte exterior por donde se dobla el ala de las aves.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuento
- cuentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuento?
- /ˈkwento/
- [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ˈkwẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuento in Spanish?
cuento appears 47 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).