One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Cada vez que una víbora pasaba por delante de ellos, coqueteando y haciendo ondular las gasas de serpentina, los flamencos se morían de envidia.
Every time a snake passed in front of them, showing off and making her streamer gauzes ripple, the flamingos died of envy.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Cada | cada | each, every (adj.) |
| vez | vez | time, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| una | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| víbora | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| pasaba | pasar | to pass, happen, spend (time) (v.) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| delante | delante | in front (adv.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| ellos | él | he, him; ella — she, her (subject pron.) |
| coqueteando | coquetear | to flirt, show off (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| haciendo | hacer | to do, make (v.) |
| ondular | ondular | to ripple, undulate (v.) |
| las | el | the (masculine) |
| gasas | gasa | gauze (n., f.) |
| serpentina | serpentina | paper streamer (n., f.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| morían | morir | to die (v.) |
| envidia | envidia | envy (n., f.) |
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