Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 6
I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me.
No necesitaba que nadie me dijera que esa era una señal terriblemente mala y que me traería mala suerte, así que estaba asustado y casi me sacudí la ropa de encima.
I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.
Me levanté y giré sobre mis pasos tres veces y me persigné cada vez; y luego até un pequeño mechón de mi cabello con un hilo para mantener alejadas a las brujas.
But I hadn't no confidence.
Pero no tenía ninguna confianza en ello.
You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
Eso se hace cuando has perdido una herradura que encontraste, en lugar de clavarla sobre la puerta, pero nunca había oído a nadie decir que fuera alguna manera de alejar la mala suerte cuando habías matado una araña.
I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know.
Me senté de nuevo, temblando de pies a cabeza, y saqué mi pipa para fumar; pues la casa estaba tan silenciosa como la muerte en ese momento, y así la viuda no se enteraría.
Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom—boom—boom—twelve licks; and all still again—stiller than ever.
Bueno, después de mucho tiempo oí el reloj allá a lo lejos en el pueblo dar bum—bum—bum—doce campanadas; y todo en silencio de nuevo—más silencioso que nunca.
Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees—something was a stirring.
Poco después oí crujir una ramita allá abajo en la oscuridad entre los árboles—algo se estaba moviendo.
I set still and listened.
Me quedé quieto y escuché.
Directly I could just barely hear a "_me-yow! me-yow!_" down there.
Enseguida apenas pude oír un "_¡miau! ¡miau!_" allá abajo.
That was good!
¡Eso era bueno!
Says I, "_me-yow! me-yow!_" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.
Dije yo, "_¡miau! ¡miau!_" tan suavemente como pude, y luego apagué la luz y me escabullí por la ventana hacia el cobertizo.
Vocabulary
- necesitaba
- Past tense of 'to need'; I needed something
- nadie
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'
- dijera
- Subjunctive past of 'decir'; someone might tell me
- señal
- A sign, signal, or omen of something
- terriblemente
- Adverb meaning terribly or extremely bad
- traería
- Conditional of 'traer'; it would bring something
- suerte
- Noun meaning 'luck' or 'fortune'
- así
- Adverb meaning 'so,' 'thus,' or 'therefore'
- asustado
- Adjective meaning frightened or scared
- casi
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- sacudí
- Preterite of 'sacudir'; I shook something off
- ropa
- Noun meaning 'clothing' or 'clothes'
- encima
- Adverb meaning 'on top' or 'above' something
- levanté
- Preterite of 'levantarse'; I stood or got up
- giré
- Preterite of 'girar'; I turned or spun around
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'over,' 'on,' or 'about'
- pasos
- Noun meaning 'steps' or 'footsteps'
- veces
- Noun meaning 'times' as in occurrences
- persigné
- Preterite of 'persignarse'; I made the sign of the cross
- cada
- Adjective meaning 'each' or 'every'
- vez
- Noun meaning 'time' as in one occurrence
- luego
- Adverb meaning 'then,' 'later,' or 'next'
- até
- Preterite of 'atar'; I tied something together
- pequeño
- Adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'
- mechón
- Noun meaning a lock or strand of hair
- cabello
- Noun meaning 'hair' (on one's head)
- hilo
- Noun meaning 'thread' or 'string'
- mantener
- Infinitive meaning 'to keep' or 'to maintain'
- alejadas
- Adjective meaning 'kept away' or 'distant' (feminine plural)
- brujas
- Noun meaning 'witches' or supernatural female figures
- ninguna
- Adjective meaning 'no' or 'none' (feminine)
- confianza
- Noun meaning 'confidence,' 'trust,' or 'faith'
- ello
- Pronoun meaning 'it' referring to a thing
- Eso
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' (neutral)
- cuando
- Conjunction meaning 'when' indicating time
- perdido
- Past participle of 'perder'; lost something
- herradura
- Noun meaning 'horseshoe,' traditionally a good luck charm
- encontraste
- Preterite of 'encontrar'; you found something
- lugar
- Noun meaning 'place' or 'location'
- clavarla
- Infinitive 'clavar' plus pronoun; to nail it somewhere
- puerta
- Noun meaning 'door' or 'gate'
- nunca
- Adverb meaning 'never' at no time
- oído
- Past participle of 'oír'; heard something before
- decir
- Infinitive meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'
- fuera
- Subjunctive of 'ser/ir'; it were or it would be
- alguna
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'any' (feminine)
- manera
- Noun meaning 'way,' 'manner,' or 'method'
- alejar
- Infinitive meaning 'to keep away' or 'to distance'
- matado
- Past participle of 'matar'; killed something or someone
- araña
- Noun meaning 'spider' or 'chandelier'
- senté
- Preterite of 'sentarse'; I sat down somewhere
- nuevo
- Adjective meaning 'new'; de nuevo means 'again'
- temblando
- Gerund of 'temblar'; shaking or trembling with fear
- pies
- Noun meaning 'feet,' plural of 'pie'
- cabeza
- Noun meaning 'head' (body part)
- saqué
- Preterite of 'sacar'; I took out something
- pipa
- Noun meaning 'pipe' used for smoking tobacco
- fumar
- Infinitive meaning 'to smoke' tobacco or a pipe
- pues
- Conjunction meaning 'well,' 'since,' or 'because'
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- silenciosa
- Adjective meaning 'silent' or 'quiet' (feminine)
- muerte
- Noun meaning 'death' or a deadly stillness
- momento
- Noun meaning 'moment' or 'instant in time'
- viuda
- Noun meaning 'widow,' a woman whose husband died
- enteraría
- Conditional of 'enterarse'; she would find out
- después
- Adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterwards'
- tiempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- oí
- Preterite of 'oír'; I heard something
- reloj
- Noun meaning 'clock' or 'watch'
- allá
- Adverb meaning 'over there' far away
- lejos
- Adverb meaning 'far' or 'far away'
- pueblo
- Noun meaning 'town,' 'village,' or 'people'
- dar
- Infinitive meaning 'to give' or 'to strike'
- doce
- Number meaning 'twelve'
- campanadas
- Noun meaning 'bell strokes' or 'chimes' of a clock
- silencio
- Noun meaning 'silence' or 'quiet'
- silencioso
- Adjective meaning 'silent,' 'quiet,' or 'noiseless'
- Poco
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'a little' or 'few'
- crujir
- Infinitive meaning 'to creak,' 'to crack,' or 'to crunch'
- ramita
- Diminutive noun meaning 'small twig' or 'little branch'
- abajo
- Adverb meaning 'below,' 'down,' or 'underneath'
- oscuridad
- Noun meaning 'darkness' or 'obscurity'
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- árboles
- Noun meaning 'trees,' plural of 'árbol'
- algo
- Pronoun meaning 'something' or 'somewhat'
- moviendo
- Gerund of 'mover'; something moving or stirring
- quedé
- Preterite of 'quedarse'; I stayed or remained still
- quieto
- Adjective meaning 'still,' 'motionless,' or 'calm'
- escuché
- Preterite of 'escuchar'; I listened carefully
- Enseguida
- Adverb meaning 'right away,' 'immediately,' or 'at once'
- apenas
- Adverb meaning 'barely,' 'hardly,' or 'just'
- pude
- Preterite of 'poder'; I was able to do something
- oír
- Infinitive meaning 'to hear' sounds or voices
- Dije
- Preterite of 'decir'; I said something to someone
- suavemente
- Adverb meaning 'softly,' 'gently,' or 'quietly'
- apagué
- Preterite of 'apagar'; I turned off or extinguished
- luz
- Noun meaning 'light' natural or artificial
- escabullí
- Preterite of 'escabullirse'; I sneaked or slipped away
- ventana
- Noun meaning 'window' of a building
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- cobertizo
- Noun meaning 'shed,' 'shelter,' or 'lean-to structure'
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