One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Pasaron días y días, y siempre sentían terrible ardor en las patas, y las tenían siempre de color de sangre, porque estaban envenenadas.
Days and days went by, and they still felt a terrible burning in their legs, and their legs were always the colour of blood, because they were poisoned.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Pasaron | pasar | to pass, happen, spend (time) (v.) |
| días | día | day (n., m.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| siempre | siempre | always (adv.) |
| sentían | sentir | to feel; to hear (v.) |
| terrible | terrible | terrible (adj.) |
| ardor | ardor | burning, smarting (n., m.) |
| en | en | in, on, at (prep.) |
| las | el | the (masculine) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| tenían | tener | to have; tener que — to have to (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| color | color | colour (n., m.) |
| sangre | sangre | blood (n., f.) |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| envenenadas | envenenar | to poison (v.) |
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