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Sentence 55 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Cuando los flamencos pasaban bailando al lado de ellas, se agachaban hasta el suelo para ver bien.

When the flamingos came dancing past them, they crouched right down to the ground to see properly.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Cuando cuandowhen (conj.)
los elthe (masculine)
flamencos flamencoflamingo (n., m.)
pasaban pasarto pass, happen, spend (time) (v.)
bailando bailarto dance (v.)
al alto the, at the (a + el)
lado ladoside; al lado — beside (n., m.)
de deof, from (prep.)
ellas élhe, him; ella — she, her (subject pron.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
agachaban agacharto lower; agacharse — to crouch, duck down (v.)
hasta hastauntil, as far as; even (prep./adv.)
suelo sueloground, floor (n., m.)
para parafor, in order to (prep.)
ver verto see (v.)
bien bienwell; very (adv.)

Read «Las medias de los flamencos» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.

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