Pride and Prejudice — Page 9

English → Spanish Preface Level 7/10

And I am not so certain that I should myself use the word "narrow" in connection with her.

Y no estoy tan seguro de que yo mismo debería usar la palabra «estrecho» en relación con ella.

If her world is a microcosm, the cosmic quality of it is at least as eminent as the littleness.

Si su mundo es un microcosmos, la cualidad cósmica de este es al menos tan eminente como su pequeñez.

She does not touch what she did not feel herself called to paint; I am not so sure that she could not have painted what she did not feel herself called to touch.

Ella no toca lo que no sintió que estaba llamada a pintar; no estoy tan seguro de que no pudiera haber pintado lo que no sintió que estaba llamada a tocar.

It is at least remarkable that in two very short periods of writing--one of about three years, and another of not much more than five--she executed six capital works, and has not left a single failure.

Es al menos notable que en dos períodos de escritura muy breves —uno de aproximadamente tres años, y otro de no mucho más de cinco— ejecutara seis obras capitales, y no haya dejado un solo fracaso.

It is possible that the romantic paste in her composition was defective: we must always remember that hardly anybody born in her decade--that of the eighteenth-century seventies--independently exhibited the full romantic quality.

Es posible que la pasta romántica en su composición fuera deficiente: debemos recordar siempre que casi nadie nacido en su década —la de los años setenta del siglo XVIII— exhibió de manera independiente la plena cualidad romántica.

Even Scott required hill and mountain and ballad, even Coleridge metaphysics and German to enable them to chip the classical shell.

Incluso Scott necesitó colinas y montañas y baladas, incluso Coleridge necesitó metafísica y alemán para poder romper el cascarón clásico.

Miss Austen was an English girl, brought up in a country retirement, at the time when ladies went back into the house if there was a white frost which might pierce their kid shoes, when a sudden cold was the subject of the gravest fears, when their studies, their ways, their conduct were subject to all those fantastic limits and restrictions against which Mary Wollstonecraft protested with better general sense than particular taste or judgment.

La señorita Austen era una joven inglesa, criada en el retiro del campo, en la época en que las damas volvían a entrar en casa si había una escarcha blanca que pudiera traspasar sus zapatos de cabritilla, cuando un resfriado repentino era motivo de los más graves temores, cuando sus estudios, sus costumbres, su conducta estaban sujetos a todos esos fantásticos límites y restricciones contra los que Mary Wollstonecraft protestó con mejor sentido general que gusto o juicio particular.

Vocabulary

no: Negation; used to deny or refuse something.
estoy: I am; present indicative of estar (location/condition).
tan: So; as; used to modify adjectives or adverbs.
seguro: Sure; certain; confident about something.
de: Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
que: That; which; relative pronoun and conjunction.
yo: I; first person singular pronoun.
mismo: Same; self; identical or very similar.
debería: Should; ought to; conditional form of deber.
usar: To use; to employ or utilize something.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
palabra: Word; unit of language with meaning.
estrecho: Narrow; tight; limited in width.
en: In; on; preposition indicating location.
relación: Relation; connection; relationship between things.
con: With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
ella: She; her; feminine third person pronoun.
Si: If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical situation.
su: His; her; its; possessive adjective.
mundo: World; earth; realm or sphere of existence.
es: Is; third person singular present of ser.
un: A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
cualidad: Quality; characteristic; attribute or property.
este: This; masculine singular demonstrative pronoun.
al: To the; contraction of a + el.
menos: Less; fewer; at least or minimum.
eminente: Eminent; distinguished; of high rank or quality.
como: As; like; how; in the manner of.
Ella: She; her; feminine third person pronoun.
toca: Touches; plays; third person singular of tocar.
lo: The; him; neuter article or pronoun.
sintió: Felt; past tense of sentir.
estaba: Was; imperfect past tense of estar.
llamada: Called; called upon; feminine of llamado.
pintar: To paint; to create visual art with brush.
pudiera: Could; might; subjunctive of poder.
haber: To have; auxiliary verb for perfect tenses.
pintado: Painted; past participle of pintar.
tocar: To touch; to play music; to concern.
Es: Is; third person singular present of ser.
notable: Notable; remarkable; worthy of attention or mention.
dos: Two; the number 2.
períodos: Periods; intervals of time; lengths of duration.
escritura: Writing; handwriting; written composition or document.
muy: Very; greatly; to a high degree.
breves: Brief; short; lasting a limited time.
uno: One; the number 1; indefinite pronoun.
aproximadamente: Approximately; roughly; about; nearly some amount.
tres: Three; the number 3.
años: Years; plural of año; periods of time.
otro: Other; another; different or additional one.
mucho: Much; a lot; great in quantity.
más: More; greater in quantity or degree.
cinco: Five; the number 5.
seis: Six; the number 6.
obras: Works; compositions; artistic or literary creations.
capitales: Capital; main; of principal importance or significance.
haya: May have; present subjunctive of haber.
dejado: Left; abandoned; past participle of dejar.
solo: Only; alone; sole; single person.
fracaso: Failure; unsuccessful outcome; lack of success.
posible: Possible; capable of happening or being done.
pasta: Paste; dough; thick adhesive substance.
romántica: Romantic; relating to romance or love.
composición: Composition; arrangement; literary or musical creation.
fuera: Outside; out of; were; past subjunctive of ser.
deficiente: Deficient; inadequate; lacking something necessary.
debemos: We must; we should; first person plural of deber.
recordar: To remember; to recall; to keep in mind.
siempre: Always; forever; at all times without exception.
casi: Almost; nearly; very close to happening.
nadie: Nobody; no one; not anyone at all.
nacido: Born; brought into existence; past participle of nacer.
década: Decade; period of ten years.
los: The; masculine plural definite article.
setenta: Seventy; the number 70.

← Previous Next →

Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.

Create free account →