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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 23 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

—No, no hay— contestó el almacenero.

“No, there are none,” answered the shopkeeper.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
No nono, not (adv.)
hay haberto have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.)
contestó contestarto answer (v.)
el elthe (masculine)
almacenero almaceneroshopkeeper, grocer (n., m.)

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