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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 31 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Fueron entonces a otro almacén.

So they went to another shop.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Fueron 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»
entonces entoncesthen, at that time (adv.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
otro otroother, another (adj./pron.)
almacén almacénstore, general shop (n., m.)

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