One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Esta es la historia de los flamencos, que antes tenían las patas blancas y ahora las tienen coloradas.
This is the story of the flamingos, who once had white legs and now have red ones.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Esta | este | this, this one (dem. adj./pron.) |
| es | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| la | el | the (masculine) |
| historia | historia | story; history (n., f.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| antes | antes | before, earlier (adv.) |
| tenían | tener | to have; tener que — to have to (v.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| blancas | blanco | white (adj.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| ahora | ahora | now (adv.) |
| coloradas | colorado | red, ruddy (adj., the usual River Plate word for red) |
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.