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Sentence 7 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Las ranas se habían perfumado todo el cuerpo, y caminaban en dos pies.

The frogs had perfumed themselves all over, and walked on two feet.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Las elthe (masculine)
ranas ranafrog (n., f.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
habían haberto have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.)
perfumado perfumarto perfume, scent (v.)
todo todoall, every; everything (adj./pron.)
cuerpo cuerpobody (n., m.)
y yand (conj.)
caminaban caminarto walk (v.)
en enin, on, at (prep.)
dos dostwo (num.)
pies piefoot; de pie — standing; al pie de — at the foot of (n., m.)

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