fábula

f.

1 fable, fib, fairy tale, fabrication.

2 fable, story, tale.

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fábula

► nombre femenino

1 LITERATURA fable

2 (mito) myth, legend

3 (mentira) invention

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de fábula familiar smashing, fabulous

■ el examen me ha ido de fábula the exam went really well

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SF

1) (Literat) fable; (=historia) tale, story

2) (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU); (=chisme) (piece of) gossip; (=mentira) invention

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es de fábula — it's fabulous

4) † (=argumento) plot, story

5) † (=persona) talk of the town, laughing-stock

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femenino (Lit) fable; (mentira) fabrication, invention

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= fable, cautionary tale.

Ex. From 'Huckleberry Finn' to 'Catcher in the Rye', from 'Coral Island' to 'The Lord of the Flies,' from 'Aesop's fables' to 'Animal Farm': we can all find family trees for dozens of books.

Ex. Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.

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* escritor de fábulas = fabulist.

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femenino (Lit) fable; (mentira) fabrication, invention

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= fable, cautionary tale.

Ex: From 'Huckleberry Finn' to 'Catcher in the Rye', from 'Coral Island' to 'The Lord of the Flies,' from 'Aesop's fables' to 'Animal Farm': we can all find family trees for dozens of books.

Ex: Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.

* escritor de fábulas = fabulist.

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fábula

feminine

1 (Lit) fable

2 (mentira) fabrication, invention

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Del verbo fabular: (conjugate fabular)

fabula es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

fábula sustantivo femenino (Lit) fable;
(mentira) fabrication
fábula f Lit fable
♦ Locuciones: de fábula, absolutely fine, tremendous: las cosas van de fábula, things are going really well
'fábula' also found in these entries:
English:
fable

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fábula nf

1. [relato] fable;

[leyenda] legend, myth

2. [rumor] piece of gossip;

[mentira] story, invention;

sus hazañas no son más que fábulas those exploits of his are all imaginary

3.

de fábula [estupendo] fabulous, fantastic;

la paella me salió de fábula my paella turned out wonderfully, my paella was superb;

lo pasamos de fábula we had a fabulous o fantastic time

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fábula

f

1 fable;

de fábula fam fabulous, terrific

2 (mentira) lie

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fábula nf

1) : fable

2) : fabrication, fib

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fábula n fable

de fábula great