tarina — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anecdote noun A short, often amusing story about a real event or person.
- fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
- flutter verb To flap or move quickly and irregularly.
- jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
- mythology noun A traditional body of myths belonging to a particular culture, explaining its origins, gods, ancestors, and heroes.
- narrative noun A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
- saga noun A long traditional story, originally an Old Norse tale of family history, heroism, or legend.
- shimmy noun A dance move involving rapid, alternating shaking of the shoulders or hips.
- story noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.
- tale noun A story, especially one that is told aloud and may be fictional or exaggerated.
- tremor noun An involuntary shaking movement of the body or a body part.
- yarn noun Spun fibre thread used for knitting, weaving, or making rope.
Senses
tarina is used for these senses in English:
- anecdote An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
- anecdote A previously untold secret account of an incident.
- buffeting (aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
- fable Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- flutter A state of agitation.
- jolt An act of jolting.
- mythology (countable, and, uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
- narrative A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
fable — full definition
- noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
- noun A made-up story or claim; something untrue.
- verb To make up and tell a story as though it were true.