One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Las víboras querían bailar con ellos únicamente, y como los flamencos no dejaban un instante de mover las patas, las víboras no podían ver bien de qué estaban hechas aquellas preciosas medias.
The snakes wanted to dance with them and no one else, and since the flamingos never stopped moving their legs for an instant, the snakes could not see properly what those lovely stockings were made of.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Las | el | the (masculine) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| querían | querer | to want; to love (v.) |
| bailar | bailar | to dance (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| ellos | él | he, him; ella — she, her (subject pron.) |
| únicamente | únicamente | only, solely (adv.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| como | como | as, like; since (conj./adv.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| dejaban | dejar | to leave; to let, allow (v.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| instante | instante | instant, moment (n., m.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| mover | mover | to move (v.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| podían | poder | to be able, can (v.) |
| ver | ver | to see (v.) |
| bien | bien | well; very (adv.) |
| qué | qué | what; how (interrog.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| hechas | hacer | to do, make (v.) |
| aquellas | aquel | that, that one over there (dem. adj./pron.) |
| preciosas | precioso | precious, lovely (adj.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
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