The Spanish reading room
One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Solamente a pájaros narigudos como ustedes se les ocurre pedir medias así.
Only long-nosed birds like you would think of asking for stockings like that.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
—¿De qué color?
“What colour?
¿Coloradas, blancas y negras?
Red, white and black?
¡Váyanse en seguida!
Be off with you at once!”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Solamente | solamente | only (adv.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| pájaros | pájaro | bird (n., m.) |
| narigudos | narigudo | long-nosed, big-nosed (adj.) |
| como | como | as, like; since (conj./adv.) |
| ustedes | usted | you all — the everyday plural «you» in Latin America, friendly or polite alike (vosotros is not used here) (pron.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves (reflexive); stands in for le before lo/la (se la dieron — they gave it to her); one, people (se ve — one sees) (pron.) |
| les | le | to them, to you all (indirect object pron.) |
| ocurre | ocurrir | to happen; ocurrirse — to occur to one (v.) |
| pedir | pedir | to ask for, request (v.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| así | así | thus, 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.