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One sentence of «La tortuga gigante»
El hombre tenía otra vez buen color, estaba fuerte y tenía apetito.
The man had his colour back, he was strong and he had an appetite.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
One day in particular, when he was very hungry because he had caught nothing for two days, he saw at the edge of a great lagoon an enormous jaguar that was trying to eat a tortoise, standing her up on her edge so as to get a paw inside and hook the flesh out with its claws.
Al ver al hombre, el tigre lanzó un rugido espantoso y se lanzó de un salto sobre él.
Seeing the man, the jaguar let out a frightful roar and sprang at him.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| El | el | the (def. art., m.) |
| hombre | hombre | man (n., m.) |
| tenía | tener | to have; tener que — to have to (v.) |
| otra | otro | other, another (adj./pron.) |
| vez | vez | time, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.) |
| buen | bueno | good; well then, all right (adj./interj.) |
| color | color | colour (n., m.) |
| estaba | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| fuerte | fuerte | strong; loud (adj.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| apetito | apetito | appetite (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.