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Sentence 79 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Pero los dolores del veneno vuelven en seguida, y corren a meterse en el agua.

But the pain of the venom comes back at once, and they run to get into the water again.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Pero perobut (conj.)
los elthe (masculine)
dolores dolorpain, grief (n., m.)
del delof the, from the (de + el)
veneno venenopoison, venom (n., m.)
vuelven volverto return; volver a — to do again (v.)
en enin, on, at (prep.)
seguida seguidaen seguida — at once, straight away (n., f.)
y yand (conj.)
corren correrto run (v.)
a ato; at; on (prep.)
meterse meterto put in; meterse — to get into (v.)
agua aguawater (n., f. — takes el: el agua)

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