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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Además, las víboras de coral estaban seguras de que los flamencos iban a morir, porque la mitad, por lo menos, de las víboras de coral que los habían mordido, eran venenosas.
Besides, the coral snakes were sure the flamingos were going to die, because at least half of the coral snakes that had bitten them were venomous.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Además | además | besides, moreover (adv.) |
| las | el | the (def. art., f. pl.); also them (f. object pron., before a verb) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| coral | coral | coral; víbora de coral — coral snake (n., m.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| seguras | seguro | sure, safe (adj.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| iban | ir | to go (v.) — its preterite fue, fui, fueron is shared with ser, to be, so «se fue» is «he went» and «fue una noche larga» is «it was a long night» |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| morir | morir | to die (v.) |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| mitad | mitad | half (n., f.) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| lo | lo | the, the ... thing (neuter art.) |
| menos | menos | less, fewer; except (adv.) |
| los | el | them (pron., m. pl.) |
| habían | haber | to have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.) |
| mordido | morder | to bite (v.) |
| eran | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| venenosas | venenoso | poisonous (adj.) |
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