Sense and Sensibility — Page 5

English → Spanish CHAPTER II. Level 7/10

Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty.

Ciertamente que no; pero si usted se fija, la gente siempre vive eternamente cuando hay una renta vitalicia que pagarles; y ella es muy robusta y sana, y apenas tiene cuarenta años.

An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it.

Una renta vitalicia es un asunto muy serio; se repite año tras año, y no hay manera de librarse de ella.

You are not aware of what you are doing.

Usted no es consciente de lo que está haciendo.

I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father's will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it.

He conocido muy bien los problemas de las rentas vitalicias; pues mi madre estaba agobiada con el pago de tres a viejos criados jubilados por el testamento de mi padre, y es asombroso lo desagradable que le resultaba.

Twice every year these annuities were to be paid; and then there was the trouble of getting it to them; and then one of them was said to have died, and afterwards it turned out to be no such thing.

Dos veces al año había que pagar estas rentas vitalicias; y luego estaba el problema de hacérselas llegar; y después se dijo que uno de ellos había muerto, y resultó que no era así.

My mother was quite sick of it.

Mi madre estaba completamente harta de ello.

Her income was not her own, she said, with such perpetual claims on it; and it was the more unkind in my father, because, otherwise, the money would have been entirely at my mother's disposal, without any restriction whatever.

Sus ingresos no eran suyos, decía ella, con tales reclamaciones perpetuas sobre ellos; y fue aún más cruel por parte de mi padre, porque, de otro modo, el dinero habría estado enteramente a disposición de mi madre, sin restricción alguna.

It has given me such an abhorrence of annuities, that I am sure I would not pin myself down to the payment of one for all the world."

Me ha dado tal aversión a las rentas vitalicias, que estoy segura de que no me comprometería a pagar una por nada del mundo."

"It is certainly an unpleasant thing," replied Mr. Dashwood, "to have those kind of yearly drains on one's income.

"Es ciertamente algo desagradable", respondió el señor Dashwood, "tener ese tipo de mermas anuales en los propios ingresos.

One's fortune, as your mother justly says, is _not_ one's own.

La fortuna de uno, como su madre dice con razón, _no_ es de uno.

Vocabulary

Ciertamente: Certainly; used to affirm or agree strongly.
que: That; common conjunction or relative pronoun.
no: No; negation word used to deny or refuse.
pero: But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.
si: If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis.
usted: You; formal second-person singular pronoun.
se: Reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs.
fija: Notices or fixes attention on something.
gente: People; referring to a group of persons.
siempre: Always; at all times without exception.
vive: Lives; third-person singular of vivir.
eternamente: Eternally; lasting or continuing forever.
cuando: When; conjunction or adverb of time.
hay: There is/are; impersonal form of haber.
renta: Income or rent paid regularly to someone.
vitalicia: For life; lasting the duration of one's life.
pagarles: To pay them; infinitive with indirect object pronoun.
muy: Very; intensifying adverb modifying adjectives or adverbs.
robusta: Robust; strong and healthy in constitution.
sana: Healthy; in good physical condition.
apenas: Barely or hardly; only just.
tiene: Has; third-person singular present of tener.
cuarenta: Forty; the cardinal number 40.
años: Years; plural of año, unit of time.
asunto: Matter or issue; a topic requiring attention.
serio: Serious; grave or requiring careful consideration.
repite: Repeats; says or does something again.
año: Year; a period of twelve months.
tras: After or behind; preposition indicating succession.
manera: Way or manner; method of doing something.
librarse: To free oneself; to get rid of something.
Usted: You; formal second-person singular pronoun.
consciente: Aware or conscious; knowing what one does.
está: Is; third-person singular present of estar.
haciendo: Doing; present participle of hacer.
He: I have; first-person singular of haber.
conocido: Known; past participle of conocer.
bien: Well; adverb indicating quality or thoroughness.
problemas: Problems; difficulties or issues needing resolution.
rentas: Incomes or annuities paid on a regular basis.
vitalicias: Lifelong; lasting for the duration of life.
pues: Well or since; causal or explanatory conjunction.
madre: Mother; female parent.
estaba: Was; third-person singular imperfect of estar.
agobiada: Overwhelmed or burdened; weighed down by something.
pago: Payment; the act of paying money owed.
tres: Three; the cardinal number 3.
viejos: Old; referring to elderly people or things.
criados: Servants; domestic workers employed in a household.
jubilados: Retired; no longer working due to age.
por: By/for; preposition indicating cause or agent.
testamento: Will or testament; legal document distributing estate.
padre: Father; male parent.
asombroso: Astonishing; causing great surprise or amazement.
desagradable: Unpleasant; causing discomfort or displeasure.
resultaba: Turned out; imperfect of resultar, to result.
Dos: Two; the cardinal number 2.
veces: Times; instances or occasions of something occurring.
había: There was/had; imperfect of haber.
pagar: To pay; to give money owed to someone.
estas: These; feminine plural demonstrative adjective.
luego: Then or later; adverb of time sequence.
problema: Problem; a difficulty or challenge to resolve.
hacérselas: To make them reach; causative with object pronouns.
llegar: To arrive; to reach a destination or person.
después: After or afterwards; later in time.
dijo: Said; third-person singular preterite of decir.
uno: One; masculine indefinite pronoun or cardinal number.
ellos: They; third-person masculine plural pronoun.
muerto: Dead; past participle of morir, to die.
resultó: Turned out; preterite of resultar.
era: Was; third-person singular imperfect of ser.
así: So or thus; in this or that way.
completamente: Completely; entirely or totally without exception.
harta: Fed up or tired; thoroughly sick of something.
ello: It; neuter third-person singular pronoun.
ingresos: Income; money received regularly from work or investments.
eran: Were; third-person plural imperfect of ser.
suyos: Hers/his/theirs; third-person possessive pronoun.
decía: Said/would say; imperfect of decir.
tales: Such; demonstrative adjective meaning of that kind.
reclamaciones: Claims or demands; formal requests for something owed.
perpetuas: Perpetual; continuing indefinitely without end.
sobre: On or about; preposition indicating topic or position.
fue: Was/went; third-person singular preterite of ser/ir.
aún: Still or even; adverb of continuation or emphasis.
más: More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree.
cruel: Cruel; causing pain or suffering to others.
parte: Part; a portion or share of something.
porque: Because; causal conjunction explaining a reason.
otro: Other or another; referring to a different one.
modo: Way or mode; manner of doing something.
dinero: Money; currency used for buying and selling.
habría: Would have; conditional of haber.
estado: Been; past participle of estar.
enteramente: Entirely; completely and without reservation.
disposición: Disposal or disposition; availability for one's use.
sin: Without; preposition indicating absence or lack.
restricción: Restriction; a limitation placed on something.
alguna: Any or some; feminine indefinite adjective.
dado: Given; past participle of dar.
tal: Such; demonstrative adjective indicating degree or kind.
aversión: Aversion; strong dislike or repugnance toward something.
estoy: I am; first-person singular present of estar.
segura: Sure or safe; certain about something.
comprometería: Would commit; conditional of comprometerse.
nada: Nothing; indicates complete absence or negation.
mundo: World; the earth or a social sphere.
ciertamente: Certainly; expressing strong agreement or confirmation.
algo: Something; an unspecified thing or amount.
respondió: Responded; preterite of responder.
señor: Mister or sir; polite title for a man.
tener: To have; basic verb of possession or obligation.
ese: That; masculine singular demonstrative adjective.
tipo: Type or kind; a category or sort of thing.
mermas: Reductions or losses; decreases in amount or value.
anuales: Annual; occurring or calculated once every year.
propios: Own; belonging specifically to oneself.
fortuna: Fortune; wealth or fate of a person.
como: As or like; comparative or causal conjunction.
dice: Says; third-person singular present of decir.
razón: Reason; logical basis or justification for something.

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