Cranford — Page 10
He must have been upwards of sixty at the time of the first visit I paid to Cranford after I had left it as a residence.
Debía de tener más de sesenta años en el momento de la primera visita que hice a Cranford después de haberlo dejado como lugar de residencia.
But he had a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was.
Pero tenía una figura nervuda, bien formada y elástica, un rígido porte militar en la cabeza y un paso ágil que lo hacían parecer mucho más joven de lo que era.
His eldest daughter looked almost as old as himself, and betrayed the fact that his real was more than his apparent age.
Su hija mayor parecía casi tan mayor como él, y delataba el hecho de que su edad real era mayor que la aparente.
Miss Brown must have been forty; she had a sickly, pained, careworn expression on her face, and looked as if the gaiety of youth had long faded out of sight.
La señorita Brown debía de tener cuarenta años; tenía una expresión enfermiza, dolorida y agobiada en el rostro, y parecía como si la alegría de la juventud se hubiera desvanecido hacía mucho tiempo.
Even when young she must have been plain and hard-featured.
Incluso de joven debía de haber sido sosa y de facciones duras.
Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger than her sister, and twenty shades prettier.
La señorita Jessie Brown era diez años menor que su hermana, y veinte veces más bonita.
Her face was round and dimpled.
Su rostro era redondo y con hoyuelos.
Miss Jenkyns once said, in a passion against Captain Brown (the cause of which I will tell you presently), "that she thought it was time for Miss Jessie to leave off her dimples, and not always to be trying to look like a child."
La señorita Jenkyns dijo una vez, en un arrebato contra el capitán Brown (cuya causa les contaré enseguida), «que creía que ya era hora de que la señorita Jessie dejara de mostrar sus hoyuelos y no intentara siempre parecer una niña».
It was true there was something childlike in her face; and there will be, I think, till she dies, though she should live to a hundred.
Era cierto que había algo infantil en su rostro; y lo habrá, creo yo, hasta que muera, aunque llegue a vivir cien años.
Her eyes were large blue wondering eyes, looking straight at you; her nose was unformed and snub, and her lips were red and dewy; she wore her hair, too, in little rows of curls, which heightened this appearance.
Sus ojos eran grandes, azules y llenos de asombro, mirando directamente a los tuyos; su nariz era pequeña y respingona, y sus labios eran rojos y húmedos; llevaba además el cabello en pequeñas hileras de rizos, lo que acentuaba esta apariencia.
Vocabulary
- Debía
- He/she must have, owed (past obligation or estimation)
- tener
- To have or to be (age, condition)
- más
- More, used for comparison or addition
- sesenta
- The number sixty
- años
- Years, used for age or time periods
- momento
- A moment or specific point in time
- primera
- First, feminine form of the ordinal number
- visita
- A visit or trip to a place or person
- hice
- I did or I made (past tense of hacer)
- después
- After or afterward in time or order
- haberlo
- To have left it (infinitive with pronoun)
- dejado
- Left behind or abandoned (past participle of dejar)
- como
- As, like, or in the role of
- lugar
- A place or location
- residencia
- Residence or place where one lives
- Pero
- But, used to introduce a contrast
- tenía
- He/she had (imperfect tense of tener)
- figura
- Figure, build, or physical appearance
- nervuda
- Sinewy, muscular, or wiry in build
- bien
- Well, used to indicate good quality or condition
- formada
- Well-formed or shapely (feminine past participle)
- elástica
- Elastic, flexible, or springy in movement
- rígido
- Rigid, stiff, or inflexible
- porte
- Bearing, posture, or manner of carrying oneself
- militar
- Military, relating to the armed forces
- cabeza
- Head, the upper part of the body
- paso
- Step, pace, or manner of walking
- ágil
- Agile, nimble, or quick in movement
- hacían
- They made or caused (imperfect of hacer)
- parecer
- To seem or appear a certain way
- mucho
- Much, very, or a lot
- joven
- Young or a young person
- era
- Was (imperfect tense of ser)
- hija
- Daughter, a female child
- mayor
- Older, elder, or greater in size
- parecía
- Seemed or appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- casi
- Almost or nearly
- tan
- So or as, used in comparisons
- delataba
- Betrayed or revealed (imperfect of delatar)
- hecho
- Fact or deed; also past participle of hacer
- edad
- Age, the number of years one has lived
- real
- Real, true, or actual
- aparente
- Apparent or seeming, not necessarily true
- señorita
- Miss, title for an unmarried woman
- debía
- Must have been or owed (past of deber)
- cuarenta
- The number forty
- expresión
- Expression, look, or appearance on one's face
- enfermiza
- Sickly or unhealthy in appearance
- dolorida
- Pained, sorrowful, or suffering
- agobiada
- Overwhelmed, burdened, or weighed down
- rostro
- Face or countenance
- si
- If, used to introduce a conditional clause
- alegría
- Joy, happiness, or cheerfulness
- juventud
- Youth or the period of being young
- hubiera
- Had (past subjunctive of haber)
- desvanecido
- Faded, vanished, or disappeared completely
- hacía
- Ago (with time); also was doing (imperfect)
- tiempo
- Time or weather
- Incluso
- Even, including, or as well
- haber
- To have (auxiliary infinitive)
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- sosa
- Dull, bland, or lacking personality
- facciones
- Facial features or the face's structural elements
- duras
- Hard, harsh, or severe (feminine plural)
- diez
- The number ten
- menor
- Younger, smaller, or lesser in degree
- hermana
- Sister, a female sibling
- veinte
- The number twenty
- veces
- Times, instances, or occasions
- bonita
- Pretty or attractive (feminine adjective)
- redondo
- Round or circular in shape
- hoyuelos
- Dimples, small indentations on the cheeks
- dijo
- Said or told (preterite of decir)
- vez
- Time or occasion, as in one time
- arrebato
- Outburst, fit of anger or emotion
- contra
- Against, in opposition to something
- capitán
- Captain, a military or naval rank
- cuya
- Whose (feminine relative possessive pronoun)
- causa
- Cause, reason, or motive
- les
- To them or for them (indirect object pronoun)
- contaré
- I will tell or recount (future of contar)
- enseguida
- Right away, immediately, or shortly
- creía
- Believed or thought (imperfect of creer)
- ya
- Already, now, or soon
- hora
- Hour or time of day
- dejara
- Would leave or stop (past subjunctive of dejar)
- mostrar
- To show or display something
- intentara
- Would try or attempt (past subjunctive of intentar)
- siempre
- Always, at all times
- niña
- Girl or little child (feminine)
- Era
- Was or it was (imperfect of ser)
- cierto
- True, certain, or a certain (adjective)
- había
- There was/were or had (imperfect of haber)
- algo
- Something or somewhat
- infantil
- Childlike, childish, or relating to children
- habrá
- There will be (future of haber)
- creo
- I believe or I think (present of creer)
- hasta
- Until, up to, or even
- muera
- Dies (present subjunctive of morir)
- aunque
- Although, even though, or even if
- llegue
- Reaches or arrives (present subjunctive of llegar)
- vivir
- To live or to be alive
- cien
- One hundred (used before nouns)
- ojos
- Eyes, the organs of sight
- eran
- Were (imperfect of ser, third-person plural)
- grandes
- Large, big, or great (plural adjective)
- azules
- Blue (plural adjective for color)
- llenos
- Full of or filled with (masculine plural)
- asombro
- Amazement, wonder, or astonishment
- mirando
- Looking or gazing (present participle of mirar)
- directamente
- Directly, straight, or without detour
- tuyos
- Yours (masculine plural possessive pronoun)
- nariz
- Nose, part of the face
- pequeña
- Small or little (feminine adjective)
- respingona
- Turned-up or snub (describing a nose shape)
- labios
- Lips, the fleshy edges of the mouth
- rojos
- Red (masculine plural adjective)
- húmedos
- Moist, damp, or wet (masculine plural)
- llevaba
- Wore or carried (imperfect of llevar)
- además
- Also, in addition, or furthermore
- cabello
- Hair, especially on the head
- pequeñas
- Small or little (feminine plural adjective)
- hileras
- Rows or lines of something arranged in order
- rizos
- Curls, ringlets of hair
- acentuaba
- Accentuated or emphasized (imperfect of acentuar)
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- apariencia
- Appearance or outward look of someone
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