narrar

v.

to recount, to tell.

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narrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to tell, relate, narrate; (partido) to commentate

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verb

to narrate, relate, tell

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VT [+ historia] to tell; [+ suceso, aventuras, experiencia] to recount

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verbo transitivo (frml)

a) película/libro <hazañas/experiencias> to tell of (frml), to relate; <historia> to tell, relate

b) persona <historia> to tell, narrate (frml)

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= narrate, chronicle.

Ex. The inmates satisfied their need for reading by smuggling in Polish books, or else narrating stories from memory.

Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.

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* narrar una historia = narrate + story.

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verbo transitivo (frml)

a) película/libro <hazañas/experiencias> to tell of (frml), to relate; <historia> to tell, relate

b) persona <historia> to tell, narrate (frml)

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= narrate, chronicle.

Ex: The inmates satisfied their need for reading by smuggling in Polish books, or else narrating stories from memory.

Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.

* narrar una historia = narrate + story.

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narrar [A1 ]

vt

(frml)

1 «película/libro» ‹hazañas/experiencias› to tell of (frml), to tell the story of, to relate; ‹historia› to tell, relate

2 «persona» ‹historia› to tell, relate, recount, narrate (frml)

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narrar (conjugate narrar) verbo transitivo (frml)

a) [película/libro] ‹hazañas/experiencias› to tell of (frml), to relate;

‹historia› to tell, relate

b) [persona] ‹historia› to tell, narrate (frml)

narrar verbo transitivo to narrate, tell: la novela narra la historia de un niño emigrante, the novel is about an emigrant child
'narrar' also found in these entries:
English:
narrate
- recount

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narrar vt

[contar] to recount, to tell;

la película narra la caída del imperio romano the movie tells the story of the fall of the Roman empire

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narrar

v/t

:

narrar algo tell the story of sth

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narrar vt

: to narrate, to tell

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narrar vb to tell [pt. & pp. told]