Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again, so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much as she could do to hold it.
La pobre criaturita resoplaba como una máquina de vapor cuando ella la atrapó, y seguía doblándose y estirándose de nuevo, de modo que, en conjunto, durante el primer minuto o dos, era todo lo que ella podía hacer para sostenerla.
As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air.
Tan pronto como hubo descubierto la manera apropiada de cuidarla, (que era retorcerla formando una especie de nudo, y luego mantener bien sujetas su oreja derecha y su pata izquierda, para evitar que se deshiciera,) la llevó al aire libre.
"If I don't take this child away with me," thought Alice, "they're sure to kill it in a day or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it behind?"
"Si no me llevo a este niño conmigo", pensó Alicia, "seguro que lo matarán en uno o dos días: ¿no sería un asesinato dejarlo atrás?"
She said the last words out loud, and the little thing grunted in reply (it had left off sneezing by this time).
Dijo las últimas palabras en voz alta, y la criaturita gruñó en respuesta (ya había dejado de estornudar para entonces).
"Don't grunt," said Alice; "that's not at all a proper way of expressing yourself."
"No gruñas", dijo Alicia; "esa no es en absoluto una manera apropiada de expresarte."
The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it.
El bebé gruñó de nuevo, y Alicia miró muy ansiosamente su cara para ver qué le pasaba.
There could be no doubt that it had a _very_ turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby: altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at all.
No cabía duda de que tenía una nariz _muy_ respingona, mucho más parecida a un hocico que a una nariz real; además sus ojos se estaban volviendo extremadamente pequeños para un bebé: en conjunto a Alicia no le gustaba en absoluto el aspecto de la cosa.
"But perhaps it was only sobbing," she thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see if there were any tears.
"Pero quizás sólo estaba sollozando", pensó, y miró sus ojos de nuevo, para ver si había alguna lágrima.
No, there were no tears.
No, no había lágrimas.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate
- criaturita
- Little creature, small baby (diminutive of criatura)
- resoplaba
- Was snorting, was puffing heavily
- como
- Like, as, such as
- una
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- máquina
- Machine, engine
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- vapor
- Steam, vapor
- cuando
- When
- ella
- She, her
- atrapó
- Caught, trapped (preterite tense)
- y
- And
- seguía
- Kept on, continued (imperfect tense)
- doblándose
- Bending, folding itself
- estirándose
- Stretching itself
- nuevo
- New
- modo
- Way, manner, mode
- que
- That, which
- en
- In, on, at
- conjunto
- Whole, set, ensemble, altogether
- durante
- During, for
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- primer
- First (apocopated form before masculine singular noun)
- minuto
- Minute
- o
- Or
- dos
- Two
- era
- Was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- todo
- All, everything
- lo
- The, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect tense)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- para
- For, in order to
- sostenerla
- To hold it/her
- Tan
- So, as (used for comparison)
- pronto
- Soon, quickly
- hubo
- Had, there was (preterite of haber)
- descubierto
- Discovered, uncovered (past participle)
- manera
- Way, manner
- apropiada
- Appropriate, suitable
- cuidarla
- To take care of her/it
- retorcerla
- To twist it/her
- formando
- Forming, creating
- especie
- Kind, type, species
- nudo
- Knot
- luego
- Then, later
- mantener
- To maintain, to keep, to hold
- bien
- Well, good, very
- sujetas
- Held, fastened, secured (feminine plural)
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive)
- oreja
- Ear
- derecha
- Right (direction), right-hand
- pata
- Paw, leg (of animal), foot
- izquierda
- Left (direction), left-hand
- evitar
- To avoid, to prevent
- se
- Itself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- deshiciera
- Came undone, fell apart (imperfect subjunctive)
- llevó
- Took, carried (preterite tense)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- aire
- Air
- libre
- Free, open
- Si
- If
- no
- No, not
- me
- Me, myself (object pronoun)
- llevo
- Take, carry (first person present)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- niño
- Child, boy
- conmigo
- With me
- pensó
- Thought (preterite tense)
- seguro
- Sure, certain, surely
- matarán
- Will kill (future tense)
- uno
- One
- días
- Days
- sería
- Would be (conditional tense)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- asesinato
- Murder, assassination
- dejarlo
- To leave it/him
- atrás
- Behind, back
- Dijo
- Said (preterite tense)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- últimas
- Last, final (feminine plural)
- palabras
- Words
- voz
- Voice
- alta
- High, loud, tall (feminine)
- gruñó
- Grunted, growled (preterite tense)
- respuesta
- Answer, response, reply
- ya
- Already, now
- había
- Had, there was (imperfect of haber)
- dejado
- Stopped, left, allowed (past participle)
- estornudar
- To sneeze
- entonces
- Then, so, therefore
- No
- No, not
- gruñas
- Grunt, growl (present subjunctive, negative command)
- dijo
- Said (preterite tense)
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- absoluto
- Absolute, at all (often in negatives)
- expresarte
- To express yourself
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- bebé
- Baby
- miró
- Looked, watched (preterite tense)
- muy
- Very, quite
- ansiosamente
- Anxiously, eagerly
- cara
- Face
- ver
- To see
- qué
- What (with accent, interrogative or exclamatory)
- le
- Him, her, it, you (indirect object pronoun)
- pasaba
- Was happening, was passing (imperfect tense)
- cabía
- Fit, there was room (imperfect of caber)
- duda
- Doubt
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect tense)
- nariz
- Nose
- _muy_
- Very (emphasized with underscores)
- respingona
- Snub, turned-up, upturned (nose)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- más
- More, most
- parecida
- Similar, alike, resembling (feminine)
- hocico
- Snout, muzzle (animal's nose/mouth)
- real
- Real, royal, actual
- además
- Besides, furthermore, moreover
- sus
- His, her, its, their (plural possessive)
- ojos
- Eyes
- estaban
- Were (imperfect of estar)
- volviendo
- Becoming, turning, returning (gerund)
- extremadamente
- Extremely
- pequeños
- Small, little (masculine plural)
- gustaba
- Liked, pleased (imperfect tense)
- aspecto
- Aspect, appearance, look
- cosa
- Thing
- Pero
- But
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- sólo
- Only, just, alone
- estaba
- Was (imperfect of estar)
- sollozando
- Sobbing, crying
- si
- If, whether (without accent)
- alguna
- Some, any (feminine singular)
- lágrima
- Tear (from crying)
- lágrimas
- Tears (from crying, plural)
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