story

historia, cuento

Narración oral o escrita de hechos reales o imaginarios.

En inglés sencillo: An account of real or imagined events, told or written for others.

• Tell me a story.
• We read three stories before bed.
• His latest story is about two sisters.

Cómo se usa: a story about someone/something (She wrote a story about a lost dog.)

Sinónimos: tale, account, narrative

Expresiones frecuentes: tell a story, short story

piso, planta

Cada uno de los niveles de un edificio.

En inglés sencillo: One level of a building.

• The house has one story.
• Our office is on the top story.
• They built a hotel with twenty stories.

Sinónimos: floor, storey

Expresiones frecuentes: one story, top story

historia

Foto o vídeo breve que se comparte en redes y suele desaparecer al poco tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: Pictures or short videos shared online that usually disappear after a short time.

• I posted a story about our trip.
• Her latest story shows her new puppy.
• Did you see the photos in my story?

Expresiones frecuentes: post a story, instagram story

mentira

Algo falso que se cuenta para que otras personas lo crean.

En inglés sencillo: Something untrue that someone tells to make others believe it.

• Stop telling stories about your brother.
• I knew his excuse was just a story.
• She invented a story to explain the missing money.

Sinónimos: lie, fabrication

Antónimos: truth

Expresiones frecuentes: tell a story, invent a story

telenovela

Serie de televisión que cuenta, en episodios continuados, la vida y las relaciones de sus personajes.

En inglés sencillo: A television drama with continuing episodes about the lives and relationships of its characters.

• Grandma watches her stories every afternoon.
• She missed her stories while the television was broken.
• Are your stories on this channel?

Sinónimos: soap opera, soap

Expresiones frecuentes: watch stories, daytime stories