One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Gritaban de dolor, y sus patas, que eran blancas, estaban entonces coloradas por el veneno de las víboras.
They screamed with pain, and their legs, which had been white, were now red from the snakes' venom.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Gritaban | gritar | to shout, cry out (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| dolor | dolor | pain, grief (n., m.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| sus | su | his, her, their, your (poss. adj.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| eran | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| blancas | blanco | white (adj.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| entonces | entonces | then, at that time (adv.) |
| coloradas | colorado | red, ruddy (adj., the usual River Plate word for red) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| el | el | the (masculine) |
| veneno | veneno | poison, venom (n., m.) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
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