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One sentence of «La tortuga gigante»


Sentence 15 of 19 · La tortuga gigante, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

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.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
El elthe (masculine)
hombre hombreman (n., m.)
tenía tenerto have; tener que — to have to (v.)
otra otroother, another (adj./pron.)
vez veztime, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.)
buen buenogood; well then, all right (adj./interj.)
color colorcolour (n., m.)
estaba estarto be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.)
fuerte fuertestrong; loud (adj.)
y yand (conj.)
apetito apetitoappetite (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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