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Sentence 45 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

— Esperen un segundo, y vuelvo enseguida.

“Wait a second, and I will be back directly.”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Esperen esperarto wait; to hope, expect (v.)
un una, an, one (indef. art.)
segundo segundosecond (adj./n., m.)
y yand (conj.)
vuelvo volverto return; volver a — to do again (v.)
enseguida enseguidaat once, straight away (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.

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