recount

recuento

Nuevo conteo de algo, normalmente votos, para comprobar si el primer resultado era correcto.

En inglés sencillo: Another count of something, usually votes, to check whether the first result was correct.

• The candidate requested a recount.
• A recount of the votes changed the result.
• Two recounts confirmed her narrow victory.

Expresiones frecuentes: vote recount, demand a recount

relato

Descripción oral o escrita de cosas que han ocurrido.

En inglés sencillo: A spoken or written description of things that happened.

• Write a short recount of your trip.
• His recount described the events in order.
• We read several personal recounts in class.

Cómo se usa: recount of something (She wrote a recount of her first day at school.)

Sinónimos: account, narrative

Expresiones frecuentes: personal recount, recount of something

relatar

Contar a alguien algo que ocurrió, a menudo con muchos detalles.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone about something that happened, often giving many details.

• He recounted his journey.
• She recounted how she had escaped the fire.
• Can you recount the events of that evening?

Cómo se usa: recount something to someone (She recounted her adventures to the children.)

Sinónimos: tell, describe, relate, narrate

Expresiones frecuentes: recount a story, recount an experience

volver a contar

Volver a contar algo para comprobar la cantidad.

En inglés sencillo: To count something again to check the number.

• Please recount the money.
• Officials recounted every ballot after the complaint.
• Have you recounted the tickets to check the total?

Sinónimos: count again

Expresiones frecuentes: recount the votes, recount the money