The Spanish reading room
One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Venimos a pedirte las medias coloradas, blancas y negras.
We have come to ask you for the red, white and black stockings.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
—¡Buenas noches, lechuza!
“Good evening, owl!
Today is the snakes' great ball, and if we put on those stockings, the coral snakes will fall in love with us.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Venimos | venir | to come (v.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| pedirte | pedir | to ask for, request (v.) |
| las | el | the (def. art., f. pl.); also them (f. object pron., before a verb) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| coloradas | colorado | red, ruddy (adj., the usual River Plate word for red) |
| blancas | blanco | white (adj.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| negras | negro | black (adj.) |
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.