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Sentence 51 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Y muy contentos se fueron volando al baile.

And very pleased with themselves they flew off to the ball.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Y yand (conj.)
muy muyvery (adv.)
contentos contentopleased, glad (adj.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
fueron irto go (v.) — its preterite fue, fui, fueron is shared with ser, to be, so «se fue» is «he went» and «fue una noche larga» is «it was a long night»
volando volarto fly (v.)
al alto the, at the (a + el)
baile bailedance, ball (n., m.)

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