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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 54 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Pero poco a poco, sin embargo, las víboras comenzaron a desconfiar.

But little by little, all the same, the snakes began to grow suspicious.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Pero perobut (conj.)
poco pocolittle, few; un poco — a little (adj./adv.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
sin sinwithout (prep.)
embargo embargosin embargo — however, nevertheless (n., m.)
las elthe (masculine)
víboras víborasnake, viper (n., f.)
comenzaron comenzarto begin (v.)
desconfiar desconfiarto distrust, grow suspicious (v.)

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