Usage examples of "cuentos" in Spanish with translation to English

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¡No me cuentes cuentos chinos! Don't tell me fairy stories!
Son cuentos de hadas para niños. They are fairy tales for children.
¡No me vengas con cuentos! Don't tell me fairy stories!
No creo en cuentos de hadas. I don't believe in fairy tales.
¡No me vengas con cuentos chinos! Don't tell me fairy stories!
A los niños les encanta escuchar cuentos. The children love listening to fairy tales.
Es un autor famoso por sus novelas y cuentos. He is an author famous for his novels and stories.
Los sapos se convierten en príncipes sólo en los cuentos de hadas. Frogs turn into princes only in fairy tales.
De niño yo era adicto a la lectura de cuentos policiales. When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories.
Los cuentos infantiles suelen comenzar con la frase "érase una vez..." y terminan con un "...y vivieron felices y comieron perdices". Fairy tales usually start with “once upon a time...” and end with “...and they lived happily ever after”.
Nadie creyó a Kevin porque todo lo que alguna vez dijo acabaron siendo cuentos chinos. Nobody believed Kevin because all he ever told were tall stories.
Paul anoche estaba leyendo un cuento. Paul was reading a short story last night.
Es un cuento muy triste. It is a very sad tale.
Ella no pudo comprender el cuento entero. She could not understand the whole story.
El cuento nos es familiar. The tale is familiar to us.
Los personajes principales de este cuento son dos. There are two main characters in this story.
¿Cuál es tu cuento de hadas favorito? What's your favorite fairy tale?
Este cuento vale la pena leerse de nuevo. This story is worth reading again.
Colorín colorado este cuento se ha acabado. Snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out.
Ella les leyó un divertido cuento a los niños. She read an amusing story to the children.
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