Dracula — Page 7
It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.
Estava tão próximo o momento da partida que não tive tempo de perguntar a mais ninguém, pois tudo era muito misterioso e de forma alguma reconfortante.
Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way:
Pouco antes de eu partir, a velha senhora subiu ao meu quarto e disse de maneira muito histérica:
"Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?"
"Tem mesmo de ir? Oh! jovem Herr, tem mesmo de ir?"
She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all.
Estava em tal estado de agitação que parecia ter perdido o domínio do alemão que sabia, misturando tudo com alguma outra língua que eu desconhecia por completo.
I was just able to follow her by asking many questions.
Consegui acompanhá-la apenas fazendo muitas perguntas.
When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again:
Quando lhe disse que tinha de partir imediatamente e que estava envolvido em negócios importantes, ela perguntou novamente:
"Do you know what day it is?"
"Sabe que dia é hoje?"
I answered that it was the fourth of May.
Respondi que era o quatro de maio.
She shook her head as she said again:
Ela abanou a cabeça enquanto dizia novamente:
"Oh, yes! I know that! I know that, but do you know what day it is?"
"Oh, sim! Eu sei isso! Eu sei isso, mas sabe que dia é hoje?"
On my saying that I did not understand, she went on:
Ao eu dizer que não entendia, ela continuou:
"It is the eve of St. George's Day.
"É a véspera do Dia de São Jorge.
Do you not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?
Não sabe que esta noite, quando o relógio bater meia-noite, todas as coisas malignas do mundo terão pleno poder?
Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?"
Sabe para onde vai, e o que vai encontrar?"
She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect.
Ela estava em tão evidente angústia que tentei confortá-la, mas sem efeito.
Vocabulary
- Estava
- eh-STAH-vah — Was (past imperfect tense of 'to be')
- tão
- tow — So, as; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs
- próximo
- PROH-see-moo — Near, close, next; indicating proximity
- momento
- moh-MEN-too — Moment, instant; a brief point in time
- partida
- par-CHEE-dah — Departure, leaving; act of setting off
- tive
- CHEE-veh — Had (first person past of 'ter')
- tempo
- TEM-poo — Time, weather; available duration for something
- perguntar
- pehr-goon-TAR — To ask, to inquire; posing a question
- mais
- mahys — More, anymore; indicating addition or continuation
- ninguém
- neen-GAYN — Nobody, no one; referring to no person
- pois
- poysh — Because, since, well; conjunction or filler word
- tudo
- TOO-doo — Everything, all; referring to the totality
- era
- EH-rah — Was (past imperfect of 'ser', to be)
- muito
- MWEEN-too — Very, much, a lot; intensifier or quantifier
- misterioso
- mees-teh-ree-OH-zoo — Mysterious, enigmatic; full of mystery
- forma
- FOR-mah — Way, form, manner; shape or method of doing
- alguma
- al-GOO-mah — Some, any (feminine); an unspecified amount
- reconfortante
- heh-kon-for-TAN-cheh — Comforting, reassuring; providing comfort or relief
- Pouco
- POH-koo — Little, few, shortly; small amount or time
- antes
- AN-chesh — Before, earlier; prior in time or order
- partir
- par-CHEER — To leave, to depart; setting off on a journey
- velha
- VEL-yah — Old (feminine); referring to an elderly woman
- senhora
- seh-NYOH-rah — Lady, madam, Mrs.; polite term for a woman
- subiu
- soo-BYOO — Went up, climbed; past tense of 'subir'
- quarto
- KWAR-too — Room, bedroom; a private sleeping space
- disse
- DEE-seh — Said, told; past tense of 'dizer'
- maneira
- mah-NAY-rah — Manner, way; style or method of doing something
- histérica
- ees-TEH-ree-kah — Hysterical (feminine); extremely emotional or frantic
- mesmo
- MEZ-moo — Really, indeed, same; used for emphasis or sameness
- jovem
- ZHO-vayn — Young person, youth; someone of a young age
- tal
- tal — Such, so; indicating a degree or comparison
- estado
- es-TAH-doo — State, condition; the situation something is in
- agitação
- ah-zhee-tah-SOW — Agitation, excitement; a state of nervous unrest
- parecia
- pah-reh-SEE-ah — Seemed, appeared; past imperfect of 'parecer'
- perdido
- pehr-DEE-doo — Lost; having misplaced or lost control of something
- domínio
- doh-MEE-nyoo — Command, mastery, domain; control over something
- alemão
- ah-leh-MOW — German (language or person); relating to Germany
- sabia
- sah-BEE-ah — Knew (past imperfect of 'saber'); had knowledge
- misturando
- mees-too-RAN-doo — Mixing, blending; combining different things together
- outra
- OH-trah — Other, another (feminine); a different one
- língua
- LEEN-gwah — Language, tongue; a system of communication
- desconhecia
- desh-koh-nyeh-SEE-ah — Did not know; was unaware or unfamiliar with
- completo
- kom-PLEH-too — Complete, entire; fully, wholly, totally
- Consegui
- kon-seh-GEE — Managed, succeeded; past tense of 'conseguir'
- acompanhá
- ah-kom-pah-NYAH — To accompany, follow; root of 'acompanhar'
- apenas
- ah-PEH-naz — Only, just, barely; indicating a limited degree
- fazendo
- fah-ZEN-doo — Doing, making; present participle of 'fazer'
- muitas
- MWEEN-tash — Many (feminine plural); a large number of
- perguntas
- pehr-GOON-tash — Questions; plural of 'pergunta'
- Quando
- KWAN-doo — When; conjunction or adverb of time
- lhe
- lyeh — To him/her/you; indirect object pronoun
- tinha
- CHEEN-yah — Had (past imperfect of 'ter'); used to possess
- imediatamente
- ee-meh-dyah-tah-MEN-cheh — Immediately, right away; without delay
- estava
- es-TAH-vah — Was (past imperfect of 'estar'); ongoing state
- envolvido
- en-vol-VEE-doo — Involved, engaged; taking part in something
- negócios
- neh-GOH-syoos — Business, affairs; commercial or important dealings
- importantes
- eem-por-TAN-chesh — Important, significant; of great relevance
- perguntou
- pehr-goon-TOH — Asked (past tense of 'perguntar'); posed a question
- novamente
- noh-vah-MEN-cheh — Again, once more; repeating an action
- Sabe
- SAH-beh — Knows, do you know; present tense of 'saber'
- dia
- DEE-ah — Day; a 24-hour period
- hoje
- OH-zheh — Today; the current day
- Respondi
- hesh-pon-DEE — I answered, I replied; past tense of 'responder'
- maio
- MY-oo — May; the fifth month of the year
- abanou
- ah-bah-NOH — Shook, waved; past tense of 'abanar'
- cabeça
- kah-BEH-sah — Head; the upper part of the human body
- enquanto
- en-KWAN-too — While, whereas; simultaneous or contrasting action
- dizia
- dee-ZEE-ah — Was saying; past imperfect of 'dizer'
- sei
- say — I know; first person present of 'saber'
- isso
- EE-soo — That, this; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- dizer
- dee-ZEHR — To say, to tell; verb of verbal expression
- entendia
- en-ten-DEE-ah — Understood; past imperfect of 'entender'
- continuou
- kon-chee-NWOH — Continued; past tense of 'continuar'
- véspera
- VES-peh-rah — Eve, the day before; preceding day of an event
- São
- sow — Saint; title used before a saint's name
- esta
- ES-tah — This (feminine); near demonstrative adjective
- noite
- NOY-cheh — Night; the dark period after sunset
- quando
- KWAN-doo — When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- relógio
- heh-LOH-zhyoo — Clock, watch; a device that measures time
- bater
- bah-TEHR — To strike, to beat, to chime; hitting action
- meia
- MAY-ah — Half; also used in 'meia-noite' (midnight)
- todas
- TOH-daz — All (feminine plural); every one without exception
- coisas
- KOY-zaz — Things; plural of 'coisa', general objects or matters
- malignas
- mah-LEEG-naz — Evil, malignant (feminine plural); wicked forces
- mundo
- MOON-doo — World; the entire earth or all of existence
- terão
- teh-ROW — Will have; future tense of 'ter'
- pleno
- PLEH-noo — Full, complete; at maximum capacity or power
- poder
- poh-DEHR — Power; also infinitive 'to be able to'
- onde
- ON-deh — Where; adverb or conjunction of place
- vai
- vahy — Goes, is going; present tense of 'ir'
- encontrar
- en-kon-TRAR — To find, to meet; discovering or encountering someone
- evidente
- eh-vee-DEN-cheh — Evident, obvious; clearly apparent to all
- angústia
- an-GOOS-chyah — Anguish, distress; deep emotional pain or anxiety
- tentei
- ten-TAY — I tried, I attempted; past tense of 'tentar'
- confortá
- kon-for-TAH — To comfort; root form of 'confortar'
- sem
- sayn — Without; preposition indicating absence
- efeito
- eh-FAY-too — Effect, result; the outcome of an action
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