Peter Pan — Page 5
"Perhaps I should have ironed it," Wendy said thoughtfully, but Peter,
"Quizás debería haberlo planchado", dijo Wendy pensativamente, pero Peter,
boylike, was indifferent to appearances, and he was now jumping about
como todo niño, era indiferente a las apariencias, y ahora estaba saltando
in the wildest glee. Alas, he had already forgotten that he owed his
con la más desenfrenada alegría. Por desgracia, ya había olvidado que le debía su
bliss to Wendy. He thought he had attached the shadow himself. "How
felicidad a Wendy. Creía que él mismo había pegado la sombra. "¡Qué
clever I am!" he crowed rapturously, "oh, the cleverness of me!"
listo soy!", cacareó extasiado, "¡oh, qué inteligencia la mía!"
It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one
Es humillante tener que confesar que esta vanidad de Peter era una
of his most fascinating qualities. To put it with brutal frankness,
de sus cualidades más fascinantes. Dicho con brutal franqueza,
there never was a cockier boy.
jamás hubo un niño más engreído.
But for the moment Wendy was shocked. "You conceit," she exclaimed,
Pero por el momento Wendy estaba escandalizada. "Qué engreído eres", exclamó,
with frightful sarcasm; "of course I did nothing!"
con espantoso sarcasmo; "¡por supuesto que yo no hice nada!"
"You did a little," Peter said carelessly, and continued to dance.
"Algo hiciste", dijo Peter con indiferencia, y continuó bailando.
"A little!" she replied with hauteur; "if I am no use I can at least
"¡Algo!" respondió ella con altivez; "si no sirvo para nada, al menos puedo
withdraw," and she sprang in the most dignified way into bed and
retirarme", y se metió en la cama de la manera más digna y
covered her face with the blankets.
se cubrió la cara con las mantas.
To induce her to look up he pretended to be going away, and when this
Para inducirla a que levantara la vista, fingió que se marchaba, y cuando esto
failed he sat on the end of the bed and tapped her gently with his
no funcionó, se sentó al borde de la cama y la tocó suavemente con
foot. "Wendy," he said, "don't withdraw. I can't help crowing, Wendy,
el pie. "Wendy", dijo, "no te retires. No puedo evitar cacarear, Wendy,
when I'm pleased with myself." Still she would not look up, though she
cuando estoy satisfecho conmigo mismo." Aun así ella no levantó la vista, aunque
was listening eagerly. "Wendy," he continued, in a voice that no woman
escuchaba con ansia. "Wendy", continuó, con una voz a la que ninguna mujer
has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than
ha podido resistirse jamás, "Wendy, una niña vale más que
twenty boys.
veinte niños.
Vocabulary
- Quizás
- Maybe; perhaps; expressing uncertainty about something
- debería
- Should; ought to; expressing obligation or recommendation
- haberlo
- To have it; infinitive 'haber' with pronoun attached
- planchado
- Ironed; smoothed with an iron; past participle of planchar
- dijo
- Said; past tense of decir, third person singular
- pensativamente
- Pensively; thoughtfully; in a reflective or contemplative manner
- pero
- But; however; conjunction expressing contrast or contradiction
- como
- Like; as; how; used for comparison or manner
- todo
- Every; all; whole; referring to totality or completeness
- niño
- Boy; child; young male person
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser, describing past states
- indiferente
- Indifferent; unconcerned; showing no interest or preference
- a
- To; at; preposition indicating direction or indirect object
- las
- The; definite article, feminine plural form
- apariencias
- Appearances; outward looks; how things seem externally
- y
- And; conjunction joining words, phrases, or clauses
- ahora
- Now; at this moment; currently
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of estar, describing ongoing states
- saltando
- Jumping; leaping; present participle of saltar
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or manner
- la
- The; definite article, feminine singular form
- más
- More; most; used for comparisons and superlatives
- desenfrenada
- Unbridled; unrestrained; wild and uncontrolled excitement
- alegría
- Joy; happiness; a feeling of great pleasure
- Por
- For; by; through; versatile preposition with many uses
- desgracia
- Misfortune; disgrace; unfortunate event or circumstance
- ya
- Already; now; no longer; indicating time or completion
- había
- Had; past perfect auxiliary form of haber
- olvidado
- Forgotten; past participle of olvidar, to forget
- que
- That; which; who; conjunction or relative pronoun
- le
- Him; her; you; indirect object pronoun, third person
- debía
- Owed; was due; imperfect tense of deber
- su
- His; her; its; your; possessive adjective, third person
- felicidad
- Happiness; the state of being happy and content
- Creía
- Believed; thought; imperfect tense of creer
- él
- He; him; third person singular masculine pronoun
- mismo
- Himself; same; used for emphasis or identity
- pegado
- Attached; stuck; past participle of pegar, to stick
- sombra
- Shadow; shade; dark shape cast by blocking light
- Qué
- What; how; used in exclamations and questions
- listo
- Clever; ready; smart; indicating intelligence or readiness
- soy
- I am; first person singular present tense of ser
- cacareó
- Crowed; boasted; past tense of cacarear, to crow
- extasiado
- Ecstatic; enraptured; filled with overwhelming joy
- qué
- What; how; exclamatory or interrogative particle
- inteligencia
- Intelligence; mental ability; capacity for learning and reasoning
- mía
- Mine; my; possessive pronoun, feminine singular form
- Es
- Is; third person singular present tense of ser
- humillante
- Humiliating; embarrassing; causing a loss of dignity
- tener
- To have; to hold; basic verb of possession or obligation
- confesar
- To confess; to admit; to acknowledge something openly
- esta
- This; demonstrative adjective or pronoun, feminine singular
- vanidad
- Vanity; excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating origin, possession, or material
- una
- A; one; indefinite article, feminine singular form
- sus
- His; her; their; possessive adjective, plural form
- cualidades
- Qualities; traits; characteristics or attributes of a person
- fascinantes
- Fascinating; captivating; extremely interesting or charming
- Dicho
- Said; stated; past participle of decir, to say
- brutal
- Brutal; harsh; savagely direct or cruel in manner
- franqueza
- Frankness; honesty; quality of being direct and candid
- jamás
- Never; ever; strong negation indicating absence at any time
- hubo
- There was; there were; preterite of haber, existential
- un
- A; an; one; indefinite article, masculine singular form
- engreído
- Conceited; arrogant; person full of self-importance
- Pero
- But; however; conjunction expressing contrast
- por
- For; by; through; preposition with varied meanings
- el
- The; definite article, masculine singular form
- momento
- Moment; instant; a very brief period of time
- escandalizada
- Scandalized; shocked; deeply offended or outraged
- eres
- You are; second person singular present tense of ser
- exclamó
- Exclaimed; cried out; past tense of exclamar
- espantoso
- Dreadful; awful; causing fright or strong disapproval
- sarcasmo
- Sarcasm; cutting irony used to mock or wound
- supuesto
- Supposed; assumed; of course; used in por supuesto
- yo
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- no
- No; not; basic negation word in Spanish
- hice
- I did; I made; first person preterite of hacer
- nada
- Nothing; not anything; indicates complete absence
- Algo
- Something; somewhat; an unspecified thing or amount
- hiciste
- You did; you made; second person preterite of hacer
- indiferencia
- Indifference; lack of interest or concern about something
- continuó
- Continued; went on; past tense of continuar
- bailando
- Dancing; present participle of bailar, to dance
- respondió
- Responded; replied; past tense of responder
- ella
- She; her; third person singular feminine pronoun
- altivez
- Haughtiness; arrogance; proud and disdainful manner
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction used in hypotheticals
- sirvo
- I serve; I am useful; first person present of servir
- para
- For; in order to; preposition indicating purpose or destination
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el
- menos
- Less; least; fewer; used in comparisons and expressions
- puedo
- I can; I am able; first person present of poder
- retirarme
- To withdraw myself; to leave; reflexive form of retirar
- se
- Himself; herself; itself; reflexive or passive pronoun
- metió
- Put herself; got into; past tense of meter reflexively
- en
- In; on; at; preposition indicating location or state
- cama
- Bed; piece of furniture used for sleeping
- manera
- Manner; way; method or style of doing something
- digna
- Dignified; worthy; deserving respect or honor
- cubrió
- Covered; past tense of cubrir, to cover or hide
- cara
- Face; the front part of the human head
- mantas
- Blankets; bed coverings used for warmth while sleeping
- Para
- In order to; so that; preposition expressing purpose
- inducirla
- To induce her; to persuade her to do something
- levantara
- Would raise; imperfect subjunctive of levantar, to lift
- vista
- Sight; view; also past participle of ver, to see
- fingió
- Pretended; feigned; past tense of fingir, to fake
- marchaba
- Was leaving; was going; imperfect of marcharse
- cuando
- When; at the time that; temporal conjunction
- esto
- This; demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular form
- funcionó
- Worked; functioned; past tense of funcionar
- sentó
- Sat down; past tense of sentar, reflexively used here
- borde
- Edge; border; the rim or side of something
- tocó
- Touched; tapped; past tense of tocar, to touch
- suavemente
- Softly; gently; in a smooth or tender manner
- pie
- Foot; the lower extremity of the leg
- te
- You; yourself; second person singular object pronoun
- retires
- Withdraw; retire; present subjunctive of retirarse
- No
- No; not; used to express negation or refusal
- evitar
- To avoid; to prevent; to keep from happening
- cacarear
- To crow; to boast; to brag excessively about oneself
- estoy
- I am; first person singular present tense of estar
- satisfecho
- Satisfied; pleased; content with a result or outcome
- conmigo
- With me; prepositional pronoun, first person singular
- Aun
- Even; still; yet; used to emphasize an unexpected fact
- así
- Like this; so; in this way or manner
- levantó
- Raised; lifted; past tense of levantar
- aunque
- Although; even though; conjunction expressing concession
- escuchaba
- Was listening; imperfect tense of escuchar, to listen
- ansia
- Longing; eagerness; intense desire or anxious yearning
- voz
- Voice; the sound produced when a person speaks or sings
- ninguna
- None; no; not any; feminine form of ninguno
- mujer
- Woman; adult female person
- ha
- Has; third person singular present perfect auxiliary
- podido
- Been able; past participle of poder, to be able
- resistirse
- To resist oneself; to withstand; reflexive form of resistir
- niña
- Girl; young female child
- vale
- Is worth; okay; present tense of valer, to be worth
- veinte
- Twenty; the number 20
- niños
- Children; boys; plural of niño
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