One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Pero los flamencos, mientras se curan en el agua, no piden ocasión de vengarse, comiéndose a cuanto pescadito se acerca demasiado a burlarse de ellos.
But the flamingos, while they cure themselves in the water, never miss a chance to take their revenge, eating up any little fish that comes too close to mock them.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Pero | pero | but (conj.) |
| los | el | the (masculine) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| mientras | mientras | while (conj.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| curan | curar | to cure, heal, treat (v.) |
| en | en | in, on, at (prep.) |
| agua | agua | water (n., f. — takes el: el agua) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| piden | pedir | to ask for, request (v.) |
| ocasión | ocasión | occasion, chance (n., f.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| vengarse | vengar | to avenge; vengarse — to take revenge (v.) |
| comiéndose | comer | to eat (v.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| cuanto | cuanto | as much as; en cuanto — as soon as (adj./adv.) |
| pescadito | pescadito | little fish (n., m., diminutive of pescado) |
| acerca | acercar | to bring near; acercarse — to come closer (v.) |
| demasiado | demasiado | too, too much (adv./adj.) |
| burlarse | burlar | burlarse de — to make fun of (v.) |
| ellos | él | he, him; ella — she, her (subject pron.) |
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