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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
A veces el ardor que sienten es tan grande, que encogen una pata y quedan así horas enteras, porque no pueden estirarla.
Sometimes the burning they feel is so great that they draw one leg up and stay like that for hours on end, because they cannot stretch it out.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
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.
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 printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| veces | vez | time, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.) |
| el | el | the (def. art., m.) |
| ardor | ardor | burning, smarting (n., m.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| sienten | sentir | to feel; to hear (v.) |
| es | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| tan | tan | so, as (adv.) |
| grande | grande | big, great (adj.) |
| encogen | encoger | to shrink; to draw up (a limb) (v.) |
| una | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| pata | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| quedan | quedar | to remain, be left; quedarse — to stay (v.) |
| así | así | thus, so, like this (adv.) |
| horas | hora | hour; time (n., f.) |
| enteras | entero | whole, entire (adj.) |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| pueden | poder | to be able, can (v.) |
| estirarla | estirar | to stretch out (v.) |
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