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Sentence 52 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Cuando vieron a los flamencos con sus hermosísimas medias, todos les tuvieron envidia.

When they saw the flamingos in their most beautiful stockings, everyone envied them.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Cuando cuandowhen (conj.)
vieron verto see (v.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
los elthe (masculine)
flamencos flamencoflamingo (n., m.)
con conwith (prep.)
sus suhis, her, their, your (poss. adj.)
hermosísimas hermosobeautiful (adj.)
medias mediastocking (n., f.)
todos todoall, every; everything (adj./pron.)
les leto him, to her, to you (indirect object pron.)
tuvieron tenerto have; tener que — to have to (v.)
envidia envidiaenvy (n., f.)

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