masal

Significado (Inglés)

  1. fairy tale
  2. dream come true
  3. (colloquial) nonsense story; bunch of baloney

Frecuencia

C2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/mɑsɑɫ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish مثل (mesel), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal). Doublet of mesel and metel; in Ottoman times this pronunciation became associated with less believable stories.

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