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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
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.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
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.
At once the coral snakes ran up with their little lanterns and lit the flamingo's legs well.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Y | y | and (conj.) |
| vieron | ver | to see (v.) |
| qué | qué | what; how (interrog.); in the 1918 printing also the que of a wish — ¡qué vengan! may they come! |
| eran | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| aquellas | aquel | that, that one over there (dem. adj./pron.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| lanzaron | lanzar | to hurl, let out; lanzarse — to fling oneself (v.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| silbido | silbido | whistle (n., m.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| se | se | is done, one does (passive se) (pron.) |
| oyó | oír | to hear (v.) |
| desde | desde | from, since (prep.) |
| la | el | the (def. art., f.); also her, it (object pron., before a verb) |
| otra | otro | other, another (adj./pron.) |
| orilla | orilla | bank, shore, edge (n., f.) |
| del | del | of the, from the (de + el) |
| Paraná | Paraná | the Paraná, the great river (place name) |
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