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Sentence 6 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Y cada vez que pasaban muy serios por la orilla del río, los pescados les gritaban haciéndoles burla.

And every time they passed very solemnly along the river bank, the fish shouted at them and made fun of them.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Y yand (conj.)
cada cadaeach, every (adj.)
vez veztime, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
pasaban pasarto pass, happen, spend (time) (v.)
muy muyvery (adv.)
serios serioserious (adj.)
por porby, for, through, because of (prep.)
la elthe (masculine)
orilla orillabank, shore, edge (n., f.)
del delof the, from the (de + el)
río ríoriver (n., m.)
pescados pescadofish (as caught or eaten) (n., m.)
les leto him, to her, to you (indirect object pron.)
gritaban gritarto shout, cry out (v.)
haciéndoles hacerto do, make (v.)
burla burlamockery, jest (n., f.)

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