One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Los yacarés, para adornarse bien, se habían puesto en el pescuezo un collar de bananas, y fumaban cigarros paraguayos.
The caimans, to adorn themselves properly, had put a necklace of bananas round their necks, and were smoking Paraguayan cigars.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Los | el | the (masculine) |
| yacarés | yacaré | caiman, the South American alligator (n., m., from Guaraní) |
| para | para | for, in order to (prep.) |
| adornarse | adornar | to adorn, decorate (v.) |
| bien | bien | well; very (adv.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| habían | haber | to have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.) |
| puesto | poner | to put, place; ponerse — to put on, become (v.) |
| en | en | in, on, at (prep.) |
| pescuezo | pescuezo | neck (of an animal) (n., m.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| collar | collar | necklace, collar (n., m.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| bananas | banana | banana (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| fumaban | fumar | to smoke (v.) |
| cigarros | cigarro | cigar (n., m.) |
| paraguayos | paraguayo | Paraguayan (adj./n., m.) |
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