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Sentence 39 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Tal vez haya en Buenos Aires, pero tendrán que pedirlas por encomienda postal.

There may be some in Buenos Aires, but you would have to order them by parcel post.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Tal talsuch; tal como — just as (adj.)
vez veztime, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.)
haya haberto have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.)
en enin, on, at (prep.)
Buenos BuenosBuenos, in Buenos Aires (place name)
Aires AiresAires, in Buenos Aires (place name)
pero perobut (conj.)
tendrán tenerto have; tener que — to have to (v.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
pedirlas pedirto ask for, request (v.)
por porby, for, through, because of (prep.)
encomienda encomiendaerrand, charge; parcel (n., f.)
postal postaltarjeta postal — postcard (adj.)

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