fábula

Definitions of fábula
  1. noun
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
    synonyms: conseja, leyenda
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    type of:
    historia, relato
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
  2. noun
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
    synonyms: alegoría, apólogo, parábola
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    type of:
    historia, relato
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
  3. noun
    a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
    synonyms: falacia, mito
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    type of:
    historia, relato
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
  4. noun
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    synonyms: ficción, invención
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    types:
    bulo, filfa, pajarota
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
    type of:
    falsedad, infundio, mentira
    a false statement
  5. noun
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    synonyms: conseja, copla, cuento, historia, mandanga, narración, narrativa, película, relación, relato, rollo, rondalla
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    types:
    relación
    an act of narration
    type of:
    cuenta, información, informe, narración, nota, referencia, relación, relato, reseña
    the act of informing by verbal report
  6. noun
    gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
    synonyms: bola, bolado, hablada, habladuría, macutazo, rumor, runrún, tole, voz
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    type of:
    comentario
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
  7. noun
    idle gossip or rumor
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    type of:
    comentario
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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