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Sentence 46 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Y echando a volar, dejó solos a los flamencos; y al rato volvió con las medias.

And taking flight, she left the flamingos alone; and after a while she came back with the stockings.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Y yand (conj.)
echando echarto throw, throw out; echarse — to lie down, set about (v.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
volar volarto fly (v.)
dejó dejarto leave; to let, allow (v.)
solos soloalone; single (adj.)
los elthe (masculine)
flamencos flamencoflamingo (n., m.)
al alto the, at the (a + el)
rato ratoa while, a short time (n., m.)
volvió volverto return; volver a — to do again (v.)
con conwith (prep.)
medias mediastocking (n., f.)

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