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

Después le sacó el cuero, tan grande que él solo podía servir de alfombra para un cuarto.

Then he stripped off its hide, so big that on its own it could have carpeted a room.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Después despuésafterwards, then; después de — after (adv./prep.)
le leto him, to her, to you (indirect object pron.)
sacó sacarto take out, pull out; to remove (v.)
el elthe (masculine)
cuero cuerohide, skin (n., m.)
tan tanso, as (adv.)
grande grandebig, great (adj.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
él élhe, him; ella — she, her (subject pron.)
solo soloalone; single (adj.)
podía poderto be able, can (v.)
servir servirto serve; to be of use (v.)
de deof, from (prep.)
alfombra alfombracarpet, rug (n., f.)
para parafor, in order to (prep.)
un una, an, one (indef. art.)
cuarto cuartoroom; quarter (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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