relato
Spanish, noun
relato is spelled R-E-L-A-T-O (6 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of relatar. With an accent, relató is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of relatar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Narración que se hace de un hecho o suceso”.
What does relato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestory
- 2
masculinereport
- 3
masculinenarrative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of relatar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of relatar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Narración que se hace de un hecho o suceso. 2. Cuento o narración de carácter más breve que la novela. 3. Narración mitológica, falsa y exagerada que se hace para enaltecer a un pueblo y para dar una demostración de su superioridad por sobre las demás civilizaciones.
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 relato
- relatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to relato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relato in Spanish?
relato appears 24 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).