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Sentence 78 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

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 printedDictionary formMeaning
A ato; at; on (prep.)
veces veztime, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.)
se sehimself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.)
apartan apartarto move aside; apartarse — to draw away (v.)
de deof, from (prep.)
la elthe (masculine)
orilla orillabank, shore, edge (n., f.)
y yand (conj.)
dan darto give (v.)
unos una, an, one (indef. art.)
pasos pasostep; passage, way through (n., m.)
por porby, for, through, because of (prep.)
tierra tierraearth, ground, land (n., f.)
para parafor, in order to (prep.)
ver verto see (v.)
cómo cómohow (interrog. adv.)
hallan hallarto find (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.

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