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Sentence 59 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Las víboras de coral, que conocieron esto, pidieron en seguida a las ranas sus farolitos, que eran bichitos de luz, y esperaron todas juntas a que los flamencos se cayeran de cansados.

The coral snakes, who saw this, asked the frogs at once for their little lanterns, which were fireflies, and all waited together for the flamingos to drop from exhaustion.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Las elthe (masculine)
víboras víborasnake, viper (n., f.)
de deof, from (prep.)
coral coralcoral; víbora de coral — coral snake (n., m.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
conocieron conocerto know, be acquainted with; to recognise (v.)
esto estothis (neuter dem. pron.)
pidieron pedirto ask for, request (v.)
en enin, on, at (prep.)
seguida seguidaen seguida — at once, straight away (n., f.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
ranas ranafrog (n., f.)
sus suhis, her, their, your (poss. adj.)
farolitos farolitolittle lantern (n., m., diminutive of farol)
eran serto be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.)
bichitos bichitolittle creature (n., m., diminutive of bicho)
luz luzlight (n., f.)
y yand (conj.)
esperaron esperarto wait; to hope, expect (v.)
todas todoall, every; everything (adj./pron.)
juntas juntotogether; junto a — next to (adj./adv.)
flamencos flamencoflamingo (n., m.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
cayeran caerto fall (v.)
cansados cansadotired (adj.)

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