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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Todas, sin excepción, estaban vestidas con traje de bailarina, del mismo color de cada víbora.
All of them, without exception, were dressed in ballerina costume, each in the colour of her own kind.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Pero las que estaban hermosísimas eran las víboras.
But the ones who were most beautiful were the snakes.
The red snakes wore a little skirt of red tulle; the green ones, one of green tulle; the yellow ones, another of yellow tulle; and the yararás, a little skirt of grey tulle painted with stripes of brick dust and ash, because that is the colour of a yarará.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Todas | todo | all, every; everything (adj./pron.) |
| sin | sin | without (prep.) |
| excepción | excepción | exception (n., f.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| vestidas | vestir | to dress; vestido de — dressed in (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| traje | traje | suit, dress (n., m.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| bailarina | bailarina | dancer (n., f.) |
| del | del | of the, from the (de + el) |
| mismo | mismo | same; himself, itself (adj.) |
| color | color | colour (n., m.) |
| cada | cada | each, every (adj.) |
| víbora | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
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.