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Sentence 13 of 19 · La tortuga gigante, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Había hecho un atado con los cueros de los animales, y lo llevaba al hombro.

He had made a bundle of the animals' hides, and carried it on his shoulder.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Había haberto have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.)
hecho hacerto do, make (v.)
un una, an, one (indef. art.)
atado atadobundle (n., m.)
con conwith (prep.)
los elthe (masculine)
cueros cuerohide, skin (n., m.)
de deof, from (prep.)
animales animalanimal (n., m.)
y yand (conj.)
lo loit, him; the (neuter article) (pron./art.)
llevaba llevarto carry, take; to wear (v.)
al alto the, at the (a + el)
hombro hombroshoulder (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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