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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»


Sentence 73 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Corrieron a echarse al agua, sintiendo un grandísimo dolor.

They ran to throw themselves into the water, feeling a very great pain.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Corrieron correrto run (v.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
echarse echarto throw, throw out; echarse — to lie down, set about (v.)
al alto the, at the (a + el)
agua aguawater (n., f. — takes el: el agua)
sintiendo sentirto feel; to hear (v.)
un una, an, one (indef. art.)
grandísimo grandebig, great (adj.)
dolor dolorpain, grief (n., m.)

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