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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 34 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Y el hombre los echó con la escoba.

And the man drove them out with the broom.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Y yand (conj.)
el elthe (masculine)
hombre hombreman (n., m.)
echó echarto throw, throw out; echarse — to lie down, set about (v.)
con conwith (prep.)
escoba escobabroom (n., f.)

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