The Brothers Karamazov — Page 5
In the intervals he used to drive all over the province, complaining tearfully to each and all of Adelaïda Ivanovna's having left him, going into details too disgraceful for a husband to mention in regard to his own married life.
En los intervalos solía recorrer en coche toda la provincia, quejándose lloroso a propios y extraños de que Adelaïda Ivanovna le había abandonado, entrando en detalles demasiado vergonzosos para que un marido los mencionara con respecto a su propia vida conyugal.
What seemed to gratify him and flatter his self-love most was to play the ridiculous part of the injured husband, and to parade his woes with embellishments.
Lo que más parecía satisfacerle y halagar su amor propio era desempeñar el ridículo papel de marido agraviado y exhibir sus desgracias con todo tipo de adornos.
"One would think that you'd got a promotion, Fyodor Pavlovitch, you seem so pleased in spite of your sorrow," scoffers said to him.
«Cualquiera diría que le han ascendido, Fiódor Pávlovich, parece usted tan contento a pesar de su pena», le decían los burlones.
Many even added that he was glad of a new comic part in which to play the buffoon, and that it was simply to make it funnier that he pretended to be unaware of his ludicrous position.
Muchos incluso añadían que estaba encantado de tener un nuevo papel cómico en el que hacer el bufón, y que fingía ignorar su ridícula situación simplemente para resultar más gracioso.
But, who knows, it may have been simplicity.
Pero, quién sabe, puede que fuera simple ingenuidad.
At last he succeeded in getting on the track of his runaway wife.
Por fin logró dar con el paradero de su esposa fugitiva.
The poor woman turned out to be in Petersburg, where she had gone with her divinity student, and where she had thrown herself into a life of complete emancipation.
La pobre mujer resultó estar en Petersburgo, adonde había ido con su estudiante de teología, y donde se había lanzado a una vida de completa emancipación.
Fyodor Pavlovitch at once began bustling about, making preparations to go to Petersburg, with what object he could not himself have said.
Fiódor Pávlovich empezó de inmediato a agitarse, haciendo preparativos para ir a Petersburgo, sin saber él mismo con qué propósito.
He would perhaps have really gone; but having determined to do so he felt at once entitled to fortify himself for the journey by another bout of reckless drinking.
Quizás habría ido de verdad; pero habiendo tomado la decisión, sintió de inmediato que tenía derecho a prepararse para el viaje con otra juerga de desenfreno y bebida.
And just at that time his wife's family received the news of her death in Petersburg.
Y precisamente en ese momento la familia de su esposa recibió la noticia de su muerte en Petersburgo.
Vocabulary
- intervalos
- Periods of time between events; intervals
- solía
- Used to do something habitually in the past
- recorrer
- To travel through or across an area
- coche
- A car or carriage used for transportation
- provincia
- An administrative regional division of a country
- quejándose
- Complaining or expressing dissatisfaction about something
- lloroso
- Tearful; tending to cry or weep
- propios
- One's own people or acquaintances
- extraños
- Strangers; people who are unknown to one
- abandonado
- Left behind or deserted someone completely
- detalles
- Small specific pieces of information or particulars
- demasiado
- Too much; more than what is appropriate
- vergonzosos
- Shameful or embarrassing; causing disgrace
- marido
- A husband; a married man
- mencionara
- To mention or bring up in conversation
- respecto
- Regarding; in relation to a specific subject
- vida
- Life; the course of one's existence
- conyugal
- Relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses
- parecía
- Seemed or appeared to be a certain way
- satisfacerle
- To satisfy or please someone fully
- halagar
- To flatter or please someone's ego
- amor
- Love; strong affection for someone or something
- desempeñar
- To play a role or carry out a function
- ridículo
- Ridiculous; absurd or deserving of mockery
- papel
- Role or part played; also means paper
- agraviado
- Wronged or offended; one who has been harmed
- exhibir
- To show or display something publicly
- desgracias
- Misfortunes or unfortunate events; hardships
- tipo
- Type or kind; a sort of something
- adornos
- Ornaments or decorations added to embellish something
- Cualquiera
- Anyone or whatever; any person at all
- diría
- Would say; conditional form of 'decir'
- ascendido
- Promoted or risen to a higher position
- parece
- Seems or appears; third person singular of 'parecer'
- usted
- Formal 'you'; polite second person singular pronoun
- contento
- Happy or satisfied; pleased with a situation
- pesar
- Sorrow or regret; also means to weigh
- pena
- Grief, sorrow, or sadness felt deeply
- burlones
- Mockers; people who make fun of others
- incluso
- Even; including; used to add emphasis
- añadían
- They were adding or saying additionally
- encantado
- Delighted or very pleased about something
- cómico
- Comical or funny; a comic person or situation
- bufón
- A buffoon or jester; one who plays the fool
- fingía
- Was pretending or feigning something falsely
- ignorar
- To ignore or be unaware of something
- ridícula
- Ridiculous; absurd or laughable in nature
- situación
- Situation; the circumstances one finds oneself in
- simplemente
- Simply; in a straightforward or basic manner
- resultar
- To turn out to be; to result in something
- gracioso
- Funny or amusing; causing laughter
- simple
- Simple or plain; lacking complexity
- ingenuidad
- Naivety or ingenuousness; innocent simplicity
- fin
- End or finally; conclusion of something
- logró
- Managed to achieve or accomplish something
- paradero
- Whereabouts; the location where someone is found
- esposa
- Wife; a married woman in relation to her husband
- fugitiva
- A female fugitive; someone who has fled
- pobre
- Poor; used to express pity toward someone
- mujer
- Woman or wife; an adult female person
- resultó
- Turned out to be; resulted in a certain way
- adonde
- To where; indicating a destination
- estudiante
- A student; someone who studies at an institution
- teología
- Theology; the study of religion and religious thought
- lanzado
- Thrown into or launched; engaged boldly in something
- emancipación
- Freedom from social or political restrictions
- inmediato
- Immediate; happening right away without delay
- agitarse
- To become agitated or restlessly active
- preparativos
- Preparations; arrangements made before an event
- propósito
- Purpose or intention behind an action
- Quizás
- Perhaps or maybe; expressing uncertainty
- verdad
- Truth; something that is factually correct
- decisión
- A decision; a choice made after consideration
- sintió
- Felt; third person singular preterite of 'sentir'
- derecho
- Right; an entitlement or legal claim
- prepararse
- To prepare oneself; to get ready for something
- viaje
- A trip or journey to another place
- juerga
- A wild party or binge; carousing revelry
- desenfreno
- Unbridled excess; lack of restraint or self-control
- bebida
- Drink; often refers to alcoholic beverages
- precisamente
- Precisely or exactly; at that very moment
- momento
- Moment; a brief point in time
- familia
- Family; a group of related people
- recibió
- Received; got something given or sent
- noticia
- News or a piece of information reported
- muerte
- Death; the end of life
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