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cuenta

/ˈkwenta/, [ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a]

account, bill

Noun cuenta f (plural cuentas)

  1. count, tally
  2. (mathematics) operation
  3. bill
    Nos trae la cuenta, por favor
    Bring us the bill, please
  4. tab (e.g. at a bar or pub)
  5. (computing) account
  6. (sports) count (in boxing)
  7. report
    dar cuenta (de)
    to present a report (on)
    darse cuenta (de)
    to notice
  8. score (rivalry)
  9. bead (small spherical object)
  10. required or desired amount/number

Verb cuenta

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of contar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of contar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of contar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Más tarde me di cuenta de que la gente de Beijing camina despacio.

    I later realized that Beijing people walk slowly.

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  • Me pregunto si Mary se dará cuenta de cuán pobre es Tom en verdad.

    I wonder if Mary realizes how poor Tom really is.

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  • «No llegues tarde, ¿de acuerdo?» «Pero si el profesor también llega tarde, entonces no cuenta, ¿verdad?»

    "You mustn't be late, OK?" "But if the teacher's late too it doesn't count, right?"

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  • Cuando estés enfadado, cuenta hasta diez; cuando estés muy enfadado, cuenta hasta cien.

    When angry, count ten; when very angry, a hundred.

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  • Finalmente, ellos comenzaron la cuenta regresiva con cautela.

    At last, they began to count down cautiously.

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  • Procrastinar es como masturbarse, es divertido hasta que te das cuenta que te estás jodiendo a ti mismo.

    Procrastination is like masturbation, it's fun until you realize you're just fucking yourself.

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  • Perdí la cuenta.

    I've lost count.

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  • Los conquistados siempre se equivocan. La historia no tiene en cuenta nada aparte de su derrota.

    The conquered are always wrong. History considers nothing but their defeat.

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  • Al principio sólo estaba mirando oraciones en Francés, pero antes de darme cuenta ya me había enganchado traduciéndolas.

    At first, I was only looking at the French sentences, but before I knew it, I was hooked into translating them.

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  • Hagamos de cuenta que nunca pasó.

    Let's pretend it never happened.

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