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Sentence 76 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Hace de esto muchísimo tiempo.

All this happened a very long time ago.

Where it stands

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Y ahora todavía están los flamencos casi todo el día con sus patas coloradas metidas en el agua, tratando de calmar el ardor que sienten en ellas.

And even now the flamingos stand almost all day with their red legs in the water, trying to soothe the burning they feel in them.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Hace hacerago (hace + time) (v.)
de deof, from (prep.)
esto estothis (neuter dem. pron.)
muchísimo muchomuch, many; a lot (adj./adv.)
tiempo tiempotime; weather (n., m.)

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