One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
A veces se apartan de la orilla, y dan unos pasos por tierra, para ver cómo se hallan.
Sometimes they move away from the bank and take a few steps on land, to see how they are getting on.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| veces | vez | time, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| apartan | apartar | to move aside; apartarse — to draw away (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| la | el | the (masculine) |
| orilla | orilla | bank, shore, edge (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| dan | dar | to give (v.) |
| unos | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| pasos | paso | step; passage, way through (n., m.) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| tierra | tierra | earth, ground, land (n., f.) |
| para | para | for, in order to (prep.) |
| ver | ver | to see (v.) |
| cómo | cómo | how (interrog. adv.) |
| hallan | hallar | to find (v.) |
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