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Sentence 8 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Además, cada una llevaba colgando como un farolito, una luciérnaga que se balanceaba.

Besides, each one carried, hanging like a little lantern, a firefly that swung to and fro.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Además ademásbesides, moreover (adv.)
cada cadaeach, every (adj.)
una una, an, one (indef. art.)
llevaba llevarto carry, take; to wear (v.)
colgando colgarto hang (v.)
como comoas, like; since (conj./adv.)
farolito farolitolittle lantern (n., m., diminutive of farol)
luciérnaga luciérnagafirefly, glow-worm (n., f.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
balanceaba balancearto swing, sway (v.)

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