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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.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Corrieron a echarse al agua, sintiendo un grandísimo dolor.
They ran to throw themselves into the water, feeling a very great pain.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (def. art., f. pl.); also them (f. object pron., before a verb) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| las | el | them (pron., f. pl.) |
| 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.) |
Read «Las medias de los flamencos» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.