fairy tale

cuento de hadas

Historia sobre personajes, criaturas o sucesos mágicos, que suele contarse a los niños.

En inglés sencillo: A story about magical people, creatures, or events, often told to children.

• She read us a fairy tale.
• This fairy tale is about a princess and a dragon.
• Do your children like fairy tales?

Sinónimos: fairy story

Expresiones frecuentes: a fairy tale, read fairy tales, traditional fairy tale

cuento, mentira

Historia inventada para hacer que alguien crea algo que no es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: A made-up story told to make someone believe something that is not true.

• His excuse is a fairy tale.
• Don't believe that fairy tale about his missing money.
• She told the police a fairy tale to hide the truth.

Sinónimos: lie, fabrication, falsehood

Antónimos: truth

Expresiones frecuentes: a fairy tale, tell fairy tales, another fairy tale

cuento de hadas

Situación tan feliz y bonita que parece demasiado perfecta para ser real.

En inglés sencillo: An unusually happy, beautiful situation that seems almost too perfect to be real.

• Their life together was a fairy tale.
• Winning the prize felt like a fairy tale.
• She thought her marriage would be a fairy tale.

Sinónimos: dream come true

Antónimos: nightmare

Expresiones frecuentes: a fairy tale, live a fairy tale, real-life fairy tale