Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 5

English → Spanish CHAPTER I. Level 6/10

Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.

La señorita Watson seguía fastidiándome, y se volvió aburrido y solitario.

By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.

Al poco tiempo trajeron a los negros y rezaron, y luego todo el mundo se fue a la cama.

I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.

Subí a mi habitación con un trozo de vela y lo puse sobre la mesa.

Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.

Luego me senté en una silla junto a la ventana e intenté pensar en algo alegre, pero no servía de nada.

I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.

Me sentía tan solo que casi deseaba estar muerto.

The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.

Las estrellas brillaban, y las hojas susurraban en el bosque con un sonido muy lúgubre; y oí un búho, a lo lejos, ululando por alguien que había muerto, y un chotacabras y un perro llorando por alguien que iba a morir; y el viento intentaba susurrarme algo, y no podía entender qué era, y eso me hizo sentir un escalofrío por todo el cuerpo.

Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.

Luego, allá en el bosque, oí esa clase de sonido que hace un fantasma cuando quiere hablar de algo que le ronda la mente y no puede hacerse entender, y por eso no puede descansar tranquilo en su tumba, y tiene que andar así todas las noches sufriendo.

I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.

Me quedé tan abatido y asustado que de verdad deseé tener compañía.

Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.

Poco después una araña fue trepando por mi hombro, y la sacudí y cayó en la vela; y antes de que pudiera moverme ya estaba completamente chamuscada.

Vocabulary

señorita: Young woman or unmarried woman; Miss.
seguía: Continued or kept doing something; past imperfect of seguir.
fastidiándome: Annoying or bothering me; gerund of fastidiar.
volvió: Became or turned; past tense of volver.
aburrido: Bored or boring; feeling uninterested and dull.
solitario: Lonely or solitary; feeling alone and isolated.
poco: Little or small amount; shortly after a moment.
tiempo: Time or weather; a general measure of duration.
trajeron: They brought; past tense of traer.
negros: Black people; plural adjective/noun referring to Black individuals.
rezaron: They prayed; past tense of rezar.
luego: Then or afterward; indicating sequence of events.
todo: All or everything; totality of something.
mundo: World or everyone; 'todo el mundo' means everybody.
fue: Went or was; past tense of ir or ser.
cama: Bed; furniture used for sleeping and resting.
Subí: I went up or climbed; past tense of subir.
habitación: Room or bedroom; a private space inside a building.
trozo: Piece or chunk of something; a small portion.
vela: Candle; a wax stick burned to provide light.
puse: I placed or put; past tense of poner.
sobre: Preposition meaning 'on top of' or 'about'.
mesa: Table; a flat-surfaced piece of furniture.
Luego: Then or later; indicating what happened next.
senté: I sat down; past tense of sentar.
silla: Chair; a piece of furniture for sitting.
junto: Next to or beside; close in proximity to something.
ventana: Window; an opening in a wall letting in light.
intenté: I tried or attempted; past tense of intentar.
pensar: To think; to engage in thought or reflection.
algo: Something; an unspecified thing or idea.
alegre: Happy or cheerful; feeling or expressing joy.
servía: Served or was useful; past imperfect of servir.
nada: Nothing; not anything at all.
sentía: Felt; past imperfect of sentir expressing emotion.
tan: So or such; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs.
solo: Alone or lonely; without others present nearby.
casi: Almost or nearly; not quite but very close.
deseaba: Wished or desired; past imperfect of desear.
estar: To be; expresses state or condition.
muerto: Dead; no longer alive; deceased.
estrellas: Stars; luminous celestial bodies visible at night.
brillaban: Shone or sparkled; past imperfect of brillar.
hojas: Leaves; the flat green parts of plants and trees.
susurraban: Whispered or rustled; past imperfect of susurrar.
bosque: Forest or woods; a large area of trees.
sonido: Sound; a noise perceived by the sense of hearing.
lúgubre: Mournful or gloomy; dark and dismal in character.
oí: I heard; past tense of oír.
búho: Owl; a nocturnal bird known for hooting.
lejos: Far away; at a great distance from here.
ululando: Hooting or howling; gerund of ulular.
alguien: Someone; an unspecified person.
había: There was or had; past imperfect of haber.
chotacabras: Nightjar; a nocturnal bird with a distinctive call.
perro: Dog; a common domesticated canine animal.
llorando: Crying or howling; gerund of llorar.
iba: Was going; past imperfect of ir indicating intention.
morir: To die; to cease living.
viento: Wind; moving air caused by atmospheric pressure differences.
intentaba: Was trying; past imperfect of intentar.
susurrarme: To whisper to me; infinitive of susurrar with pronoun.
podía: Could or was able to; past imperfect of poder.
entender: To understand; to comprehend meaning or information.
era: Was; past imperfect of ser indicating identity.
eso: That; neutral demonstrative pronoun.
hizo: Made or did; past tense of hacer.
sentir: To feel; to experience a sensation or emotion.
escalofrío: Chill or shiver; a sudden sensation of cold fear.
cuerpo: Body; the physical structure of a person.
allá: Over there; far away at a distance.
clase: Kind or type; a category or sort of something.
hace: Does or makes; third person singular of hacer.
fantasma: Ghost; a spirit of a dead person appearing visibly.
cuando: When; conjunction indicating time of an event.
quiere: Wants or loves; third person singular of querer.
hablar: To speak or talk; to communicate verbally.
ronda: Haunts or circles around; third person of rondar.
mente: Mind; the faculty of thinking and reasoning.
puede: Can or is able to; third person singular of poder.
hacerse: To make oneself or become; reflexive of hacer.
descansar: To rest; to stop activity and recuperate.
tranquilo: Calm or peaceful; free from agitation or worry.
tumba: Tomb or grave; a burial place for the dead.
tiene: Has or must; third person singular of tener.
andar: To walk or wander around; to move on foot.
así: Like this or in this way; in such a manner.
todas: All; feminine plural form of todo.
noches: Nights; the dark periods between sunset and sunrise.
sufriendo: Suffering; gerund of sufrir, enduring pain or hardship.
quedé: I remained or became; past tense of quedar.
abatido: Dejected or downcast; feeling low and dispirited.
asustado: Scared or frightened; feeling strong fear.
verdad: Truth; that which is true or factual.
deseé: I wished or desired; past tense of desear.
tener: To have; to possess or hold something.
compañía: Company or companionship; the presence of others.
Poco: Little; a small amount or short while.
después: After or afterward; following in time or sequence.
araña: Spider; a small eight-legged creature that spins webs.
trepando: Climbing or crawling up; gerund of trepar.
hombro: Shoulder; the joint connecting arm to the torso.
sacudí: I shook off; past tense of sacudir.
cayó: Fell or dropped; past tense of caer.
antes: Before; earlier in time or preceding an event.
pudiera: Could; past subjunctive of poder expressing possibility.
moverme: To move myself; infinitive of mover with reflexive pronoun.
ya: Already or now; indicating something has occurred.
estaba: Was; past imperfect of estar indicating state.
completamente: Completely or totally; in a full and entire manner.
chamuscada: Scorched or singed; burned slightly on the surface.

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