Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 17
Towards morning I was possessed by a kind of nightmare; I felt the fiend's grasp in my neck and could not free myself from it; groans and cries rang in my ears.
Hacia la mañana fui poseído por una especie de pesadilla; sentí el agarre del demonio en mi cuello y no podía liberarme de él; gemidos y gritos resonaban en mis oídos.
My father, who was watching over me, perceiving my restlessness, awoke me; the dashing waves were around, the cloudy sky above, the fiend was not here: a sense of security, a feeling that a truce was established between the present hour and the irresistible, disastrous future imparted to me a kind of calm forgetfulness, of which the human mind is by its structure peculiarly susceptible.
Mi padre, que velaba por mí, al percibir mi inquietud, me despertó; las olas embravecidas estaban a mi alrededor, el cielo nublado sobre mí, el demonio no estaba aquí: una sensación de seguridad, un sentimiento de que se había establecido una tregua entre la hora presente y el irresistible y desastroso futuro me transmitió una especie de tranquilo olvido, al que la mente humana es, por su propia naturaleza, particularmente susceptible.
Vocabulary
- Hacia
- Preposition indicating direction or movement toward something
- mañana
- Morning, or tomorrow; common time reference word
- fui
- Past tense of 'ir' or 'ser'; I went or I was
- poseído
- Possessed or overtaken by an external force or spirit
- por
- Preposition meaning by, for, or through
- especie
- Species, kind, or type of something
- pesadilla
- Nightmare; a frightening or disturbing dream
- sentí
- I felt; past tense of sentir, to feel
- agarre
- Grip or grasp; the act of holding tightly
- demonio
- Demon or devil; an evil supernatural being
- cuello
- Neck; the body part connecting head to torso
- podía
- I could; imperfect past tense of poder, to be able
- liberarme
- To free myself; reflexive verb meaning to liberate oneself
- gemidos
- Groans or moans; sounds expressing pain or anguish
- gritos
- Screams or shouts; loud vocal expressions of emotion
- resonaban
- They resonated or echoed; imperfect tense of resonar
- oídos
- Ears; the organs used for hearing sound
- padre
- Father; male parent of a person
- velaba
- Was watching over; imperfect tense of velar, to keep vigil
- percibir
- To perceive or notice; to become aware of something
- inquietud
- Restlessness or unease; a feeling of anxiety or worry
- despertó
- Woke up; past tense of despertar, to awaken someone
- olas
- Waves; undulating movements of water on a surface
- embravecidas
- Furious or raging; describing wild and violent waves
- estaban
- They were; imperfect past tense of estar, to be
- alrededor
- Around or surrounding; indicating encirclement of something
- cielo
- Sky or heaven; the expanse above the earth
- nublado
- Cloudy or overcast; sky covered with clouds
- sobre
- Preposition meaning over, above, or about
- estaba
- I or he was; imperfect past tense of estar
- aquí
- Here; referring to the current or nearby location
- sensación
- Sensation or feeling; a physical or emotional perception
- seguridad
- Security or safety; a state of being protected or certain
- sentimiento
- Feeling or emotion; an inner psychological or emotional state
- había
- There was or had; auxiliary past tense of haber
- establecido
- Established or settled; past participle of establecer
- tregua
- Truce; a temporary agreement to stop conflict or hostility
- entre
- Preposition meaning between or among two things
- hora
- Hour or time; a unit of measuring the current moment
- presente
- Present; referring to the current time or moment
- irresistible
- Irresistible; too powerful or tempting to be opposed
- desastroso
- Disastrous; causing great damage, ruin, or catastrophe
- futuro
- Future; the time that has not yet occurred
- transmitió
- Transmitted or conveyed; past tense of transmitir
- tranquilo
- Calm or peaceful; free from disturbance or anxiety
- olvido
- Forgetfulness or oblivion; the state of being forgotten
- mente
- Mind; the cognitive faculty of thought and consciousness
- humana
- Human; relating to or characteristic of people
- propia
- Own or proper; belonging specifically to oneself
- naturaleza
- Nature; the inherent character or quality of something
- particularmente
- Particularly or especially; to a notable or specific degree
- susceptible
- Susceptible; easily affected, influenced, or harmed by something
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