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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 24 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

En ninguna parte van a encontrar medias así.

Nowhere are you going to find stockings like that.”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
En enin, on, at (prep.)
ninguna ningunonone, no, not any (adj./pron.)
parte partepart; por todas partes — everywhere (n., f.)
van irto go (v.) — its preterite fue, fui, fueron is shared with ser, to be, so «se fue» is «he went» and «fue una noche larga» is «it was a long night»
a ato; at; on (prep.)
encontrar encontrarto find; encontrarse — to meet (v.)
medias mediastocking (n., f.)
así asíthus, so, like this (adv.)

Read «Las medias de los flamencos» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.

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