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Sentence 61 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

En seguida las víboras de coral corrieron con sus farolitos, y alumbraron bien las patas del flamenco.

At once the coral snakes ran up with their little lanterns and lit the flamingo's legs well.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
En enin, on, at (prep.)
seguida seguidaen seguida — at once, straight away (n., f.)
las elthe (masculine)
víboras víborasnake, viper (n., f.)
de deof, from (prep.)
coral coralcoral; víbora de coral — coral snake (n., m.)
corrieron correrto run (v.)
con conwith (prep.)
sus suhis, her, their, your (poss. adj.)
farolitos farolitolittle lantern (n., m., diminutive of farol)
y yand (conj.)
alumbraron alumbrarto light, give light (v.)
bien bienwell; very (adv.)
patas patapaw, leg of an animal (n., f.)
del delof the, from the (de + el)
flamenco flamencoflamingo (n., m.)

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