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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Los flamencos han matado a nuestras hermanas y se han puesto sus cueros como medias!
The flamingos have killed our sisters and put on their skins as stockings!
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
—¡Sabemos lo que es!
“We know what they are!
¡Nos han engañado!
They have deceived us!
¡Las medias que tienen son de víboras de coral!
The stockings they are wearing are made of coral snakes!”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Los | el | the (def. art., m. pl.); also them (m. object pron., before a verb) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| han | haber | to have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.) |
| matado | matar | to kill (v.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| nuestras | nuestro | our (poss. adj.) |
| hermanas | hermano | sister (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| 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.) |
| puesto | poner | to put, place; ponerse — to put on, become (v.) |
| sus | su | his, her, their, your (poss. adj.) |
| cueros | cuero | hide, skin (n., m.) |
| como | como | as, like; since (conj./adv.) |
| medias | media | stocking (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.