One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Los flamencos, locos de dolor, saltaban de un lado para otro, sin que las víboras de coral se desenroscaran de sus patas.
The flamingos, mad with pain, leapt from one side to the other, and still the coral snakes would not uncoil from their legs.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Los | el | the (masculine) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| locos | loco | mad, crazy (adj.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| dolor | dolor | pain, grief (n., m.) |
| saltaban | saltar | to jump, leap (v.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| lado | lado | side; al lado — beside (n., m.) |
| para | para | for, in order to (prep.) |
| otro | otro | other, another (adj./pron.) |
| sin | sin | without (prep.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| coral | coral | coral; víbora de coral — coral snake (n., m.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| desenroscaran | desenroscar | to uncoil, unscrew (v.) |
| sus | su | his, her, their, your (poss. adj.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
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