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Sentence 20 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

—¡Tán-tán!— pegaron con las patas.

“Rat-a-tat!” they beat with their legs.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Tán-tán tán-tánrat-a-tat, the sound of knocking (onomatopoeia)
pegaron pegarto stick; to hit (v.)
con conwith (prep.)
las elthe (masculine)
patas patapaw, leg of an animal (n., f.)

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