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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Efectivamente, un minuto después un flamenco, que ya no podía más, tropezó con el cigarro de un yacaré, se tambaleó y cayó de costado.
Sure enough, a minute later a flamingo who could go on no longer tripped over a caiman's cigar, staggered and fell on his side.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
At once the coral snakes ran up with their little lanterns and lit the flamingo's legs well.
Y vieron qué eran aquellas medias, y lanzaron un silbido que se oyó desde la otra orilla del Paraná.
And they saw what those stockings were, and let out a hiss that was heard from the far bank of the Paraná.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Efectivamente | efectivamente | indeed, sure enough (adv.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| minuto | minuto | minute (n., m.) |
| después | después | afterwards, then; después de — after (adv./prep.) |
| flamenco | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| ya | ya | already, now; ya no — no longer (adv.) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| podía | poder | to be able, can (v.) |
| más | más | more, most (adv.) |
| tropezó | tropezar | to trip, stumble (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| el | el | the (def. art., m.) |
| cigarro | cigarro | cigar (n., m.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| yacaré | yacaré | caiman, the South American alligator (n., m., from Guaraní) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves (reflexive); stands in for le before lo/la (se la dieron — they gave it to her); one, people (se ve — one sees) (pron.) |
| tambaleó | tambalear | to stagger, totter (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| cayó | caer | to fall (v.) |
| costado | costado | side (n., m.) |
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.