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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 21 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

—¿Quién es?— respondió el almacenero.

“Who is it?” answered the shopkeeper.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Quién quiénwho (interrog. pron.)
es serto be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.)
respondió responderto answer, reply (v.)
el elthe (masculine)
almacenero almaceneroshopkeeper, grocer (n., m.)

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