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No. 5,342 in Spanish

llamas

"llamas" - "flames" or "you call" (depending on context).

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  • ¿Cómo te llamas?

    What is your name?

    Here, 'llamas' is used in the reflexive verb 'llamarse', which is employed to ask someone's name, literally meaning 'How do you call yourself?'

  • Vi unas llamas en los Andes.

    I saw some llamas in the Andes.

    In this sentence, 'llamas' refers to the noun for the animal llama, a species often found in South America.

  • En la fogata, las llamas eran altas y hermosas.

    In the campfire, the flames were tall and beautiful.

    Here, 'llamas' is used as the plural form of the noun 'llama', meaning 'flame'.

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