The Brothers Karamazov — Page 1
He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
Se deshace de su hijo mayor
You can easily imagine what a father such a man could be and how he would bring up his children.
Fácilmente puede imaginarse qué clase de padre podría ser semejante hombre y cómo educaría a sus hijos.
His behavior as a father was exactly what might be expected.
Su comportamiento como padre fue exactamente lo que cabía esperar.
He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaïda Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimonial grievances, but simply because he forgot him.
Abandonó por completo al hijo de su matrimonio con Adelaïda Ivánovna, no por malicia, ni a causa de sus agravios matrimoniales, sino simplemente porque se olvidó de él.
While he was wearying every one with his tears and complaints, and turning his house into a sink of debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Mientras él cansaba a todos con sus lágrimas y quejas, y convertía su casa en un sumidero de libertinaje, un fiel servidor de la familia, Grigori, tomó bajo su cuidado al pequeño Mitya, que tenía tres años.
If he hadn't looked after him there would have been no one even to change the baby's little shirt.
Si no hubiera cuidado de él, no habría habido nadie siquiera para cambiarle la camisa al niño.
It happened moreover that the child's relations on his mother's side forgot him too at first.
Ocurrió además que los parientes del niño por parte de madre también lo olvidaron al principio.
His grandfather was no longer living, his widow, Mitya's grandmother, had moved to Moscow, and was seriously ill, while his daughters were married, so that Mitya remained for almost a whole year in old Grigory's charge and lived with him in the servant's cottage.
Su abuelo había fallecido, su viuda, la abuela de Mitya, se había mudado a Moscú y estaba gravemente enferma, mientras que sus hijas estaban casadas, de modo que Mitya permaneció durante casi un año entero al cuidado del viejo Grigori y vivió con él en la cabaña de los sirvientes.
But if his father had remembered him (he could not, indeed, have been altogether unaware of his existence) he would have sent him back to the cottage, as the child would only have been in the way of his debaucheries.
Pero si su padre lo hubiera recordado (no podía, en efecto, haber ignorado por completo su existencia) lo habría enviado de vuelta a la cabaña, pues el niño no habría hecho más que estorbar en sus libertinajes.
But a cousin of Mitya's mother, Pyotr Alexandrovitch Miüsov, happened to return from Paris.
Pero un primo de la madre de Mitya, Piotr Alexandrovich Miüsov, resultó regresar de París por aquellas fechas.
Vocabulary
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- deshace
- Gets rid of, dissolves, or undoes something
- hijo
- Son or child of a person
- mayor
- Older, eldest, or greater in size or rank
- Fácilmente
- Easily, without difficulty or effort
- puede
- Third person singular of 'poder,' meaning 'can'
- imaginarse
- To imagine or picture something in one's mind
- qué
- Interrogative or exclamatory word meaning 'what'
- clase
- Type, kind, or class of something
- padre
- Father or male parent of a child
- podría
- Conditional form of 'poder,' meaning 'could'
- ser
- To be; essential or permanent state of being
- semejante
- Such a, similar, or of that kind
- hombre
- Man or adult male person
- cómo
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'how'
- educaría
- Would educate or raise children in some manner
- hijos
- Sons, children, or offspring of a person
- comportamiento
- Behavior or conduct of a person
- fue
- Past tense of 'ser' or 'ir,' meaning 'was' or 'went'
- exactamente
- Exactly, precisely, without deviation
- cabía
- Imperfect of 'caber,' meaning 'fit' or 'was expected'
- esperar
- To wait for or expect something to happen
- Abandonó
- Abandoned or left someone or something behind
- completo
- Complete, total, or entire without exception
- matrimonio
- Marriage or the institution of being married
- malicia
- Malice, ill will, or deliberate harmful intent
- ni
- Conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'neither'
- causa
- Cause, reason, or motive for an action
- agravios
- Grievances, offenses, or wrongs suffered by someone
- matrimoniales
- Relating to marriage or marital matters
- sino
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather' contrasting ideas
- simplemente
- Simply, merely, or without complication
- porque
- Conjunction meaning 'because,' giving a reason
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- olvidó
- Forgot or failed to remember something or someone
- Mientras
- While or meanwhile, indicating simultaneous actions
- cansaba
- Was tiring or exhausting someone with something
- todos
- Everyone or all people in a group
- lágrimas
- Tears shed from the eyes when crying
- quejas
- Complaints or grievances expressed by someone
- convertía
- Was converting or turning something into something else
- casa
- House or home where people live
- sumidero
- Drain, sinkhole, or pit of degradation
- libertinaje
- Licentiousness, debauchery, or immoral indulgent behavior
- fiel
- Faithful, loyal, or devoted to someone
- servidor
- Servant or one who serves others faithfully
- familia
- Family or group of related individuals
- tomó
- Took or assumed responsibility for something
- bajo
- Under or beneath; also means 'low'
- cuidado
- Care, attention, or looking after someone
- pequeño
- Small, little, or young in size or age
- tenía
- Had or was; imperfect tense of 'tener'
- tres
- The number three
- años
- Years of age or duration of time
- Si
- Conditional conjunction meaning 'if'
- hubiera
- Past subjunctive of 'haber,' meaning 'had' conditionally
- habría
- Conditional of 'haber,' meaning 'there would have been'
- habido
- Past participle of 'haber,' meaning 'been' or 'existed'
- nadie
- Nobody or no one at all
- siquiera
- Even, at least, or not even in negation
- cambiarle
- To change for him or her something
- camisa
- Shirt or garment worn on the upper body
- niño
- Child or young boy
- Ocurrió
- Occurred or happened at a particular time
- además
- Furthermore, additionally, or besides that
- parientes
- Relatives or family members of a person
- parte
- Part, side, or portion of something
- madre
- Mother or female parent of a child
- también
- Also, too, or as well
- olvidaron
- Forgot or neglected to remember someone or something
- principio
- Beginning, start, or initial period of something
- abuelo
- Grandfather or elderly male ancestor
- había
- Imperfect of 'haber,' meaning 'had' or 'there was'
- fallecido
- Deceased or passed away; past participle of 'fallecer'
- viuda
- Widow or woman whose husband has died
- abuela
- Grandmother or elderly female ancestor
- mudado
- Moved to a new residence or location
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of 'estar' indicating state
- gravemente
- Seriously or severely, especially regarding illness
- enferma
- Sick or ill female person
- mientras
- While or meanwhile indicating simultaneous actions
- hijas
- Daughters or female children of a parent
- estaban
- Were; imperfect plural of 'estar'
- casadas
- Married women; feminine plural past participle of 'casar'
- modo
- Way, manner, or mode of doing something
- permaneció
- Remained or stayed in a place or condition
- durante
- During or throughout a period of time
- casi
- Almost or nearly, but not quite
- año
- Year or period of twelve months
- entero
- Entire, whole, or complete without missing parts
- viejo
- Old man or elderly male person
- vivió
- Lived or resided in a place for a time
- cabaña
- Cabin or small rustic dwelling structure
- sirvientes
- Servants or domestic workers in a household
- si
- Conditional conjunction meaning 'if'
- recordado
- Remembered or recalled; past participle of 'recordar'
- podía
- Was able to; imperfect of 'poder'
- efecto
- Effect, result, or consequence of an action
- haber
- Auxiliary verb meaning 'to have' in compound tenses
- ignorado
- Ignored or disregarded; past participle of 'ignorar'
- existencia
- Existence or the fact of existing as real
- enviado
- Sent or dispatched; past participle of 'enviar'
- vuelta
- Return or turn; going back to a place
- pues
- Well, then, or since; a discourse connector
- hecho
- Fact or deed; also past participle of 'hacer'
- más
- More or most; comparative adverb
- estorbar
- To hinder, obstruct, or get in the way
- libertinajes
- Acts of debauchery or licentious immoral behaviors
- primo
- Cousin or relative who is a child of an aunt or uncle
- resultó
- Turned out or resulted in a particular way
- regresar
- To return or go back to a previous place
- aquellas
- Those; feminine plural demonstrative adjective referring to distant things
- fechas
- Dates or specific times on a calendar
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