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Sentence 4 of 19 · La tortuga gigante, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Hasta que un amigo suyo, que era director del Zoológico, le dijo un día:

Until a friend of his, who was the keeper of the Zoo, said to him one day:

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Hasta hastauntil, as far as; even (prep./adv.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
un una, an, one (indef. art.)
amigo amigofriend (n., m.)
suyo suyohis, hers, theirs (poss. pron.)
era serto be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.)
director directordirector, keeper (n., m.)
del delof the, from the (de + el)
Zoológico zoológicozoological; Jardín Zoológico — the Zoo (adj.)
le leto him, to her, to you (indirect object pron.)
dijo decirto say, tell (v.)
día díaday (n., m.)

Read «La tortuga gigante» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.

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