Skip to content
LanguagethroughLiterature

The Spanish reading room

One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


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.”

Where it stands

The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.

—¡Con mucho gusto!

“With great pleasure!”

— respondió la lechuza.

answered the owl.

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.

the sentence before the sentence after

Cuentos de la selva, all eight tales · Horacio Quiroga

Some complete works are free without an account in the interactive reader; other books offer free openings. Free lesson samples are also available. A free account keeps your saved words and progress across devices. Free reading and membership.