One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
No apartaban la vista de las medias, y se agachaban también, tratando de tocar con la lengua las patas de los flamencos, porque la lengua de las víboras es como la mano de las personas.
They did not take their eyes off the stockings, and they crouched down too, trying to touch the flamingos' legs with their tongues, because a snake's tongue is like a person's hand.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| No | no | no, not (adv.) |
| apartaban | apartar | to move aside; apartarse — to draw away (v.) |
| la | el | the (masculine) |
| vista | vista | sight, view (n., f.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| agachaban | agachar | to lower; agacharse — to crouch, duck down (v.) |
| también | también | also, too (adv.) |
| tratando | tratar | to treat; tratar de — to try to (v.) |
| tocar | tocar | to touch; to play (an instrument) (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| lengua | lengua | tongue; language (n., f.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| es | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| como | como | as, like; since (conj./adv.) |
| mano | mano | hand (n., f.) |
| personas | persona | person (n., f.) |
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.