The Spanish reading room
One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Ustedes están locos.—¿Quiénes son?
You are mad. Who are you?”
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Coloradas, blancas y negras?
Red, white and black?
No hay medias así en ninguna parte.
There are no stockings like that anywhere.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Ustedes | usted | you all — the everyday plural «you» in Latin America, friendly or polite alike (vosotros is not used here) (pron.) |
| están | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| locos | loco | mad, crazy (adj.) |
| Quiénes | quién | who (interrog. pron.) |
| son | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
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.