Story is a word classified as Brazilianism, which means a narrative fiction genre, where the action is not based on true facts. It is often used as synonymous with history.
As this is a case of Brazilian regionalism, the word estória does not appear in Portuguese dictionaries in Portugal. Even in Brazil, its use is often contested.
A story is the written expression of popular and traditional tales, usually with outlandish aspects. A story can be a legend, tale, fable, novel, comic book etc.
As for the origin of the word "story", some authors believe that it is a neologism constructed thanks to the similarity with the English term story. There is also the hypothesis that this word was originated from the word storie, in Old French.
For example, a fable is often referred to as a children's story because it is a costumed version that tends to please children. Some well-known children's stories are: The Three Little Pigs, Ugly Duckling, Little Red Riding Hood etc.
story and history
On many occasions the words story and
story are used synonymously. However, some people establish differences between the two, indicating that the word history refers to the area it occupies of the study and recording of events that are important to human beings, while a story reports events that are fictitious.Many specialists in the field of etymology indicate that the existence of these two words is a true stylistic daydream, and the word "history" should suffice. Thus, the distinction between the two terms is made through context. The word story is rarely used nowadays, because "history" can be used to describe real and fictional narratives.