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contar meaning in English

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contar verb

count [counted, counting, counts](to enumerate or determine number)
verb
[UK: kaʊnt] [US: ˈkaʊnt]

count on(rely upon, trust, or expect)
verb
[UK: kaʊnt ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈkaʊnt ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di]

narrate [narrated, narrating, narrates](to relate a story)
verb
[UK: nə.ˈreɪt] [US: ˈne.ˌret]

reckon [reckoned, reckoning, reckons](to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate)
verb
[UK: ˈrekən] [US: ˈrekən]
He had reckoned without his host. = No contaba con la huéspeda.

rehearse [rehearsed, rehearsing, rehearses](narrate or tell)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈhɜːs] [US: ri.ˈhɝːs]

tally [tallied, tallying, tallies](to count something)
verb
[UK: ˈtæ.li] [US: ˈtæ.li]

tell [told, telling, tells](to pass information)
verb
[UK: tel] [US: ˈtel]
Tell me a story. = Cuéntame un cuento.

contar con verb

rely [relied, relying, relies](rest with confidence)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈlaɪ] [US: rə.ˈlaɪ]

contar de menos verb

undercount(to count to an insufficient degree)
verb
[UK: ˈən.dərˌk.ɑːwnt] [US: ˈən.dərˌk.ɑːwnt]

contar de nuevo verb

retell [retold, retelling, retells](to tell again)
verb
[UK: ˌriː.ˈtel] [US: ri.ˈtel]

no contar phrase

show, don't tell(Advice)
phrase

para de contar phrase

that's allphrase
[UK: ðæts ɔːl] [US: ðæts ɔːl]

that's it(There is nothing more to the issue)
phrase

sin contar con conjunction

let alone(as well as)
conjunction
[UK: let ə.ˈləʊn] [US: ˈlet əˈloʊn]

y pare usted de contar phrase

and a partridge in a pear tree(used at the end of a list of items to emphasize its length)
phrase