The Brothers Karamazov — Page 6
In the end, when four years later, Mitya, losing patience, came a second time to our little town to settle up once for all with his father, it turned out to his amazement that he had nothing, that it was difficult to get an account even, that he had received the whole value of his property in sums of money from Fyodor Pavlovitch, and was perhaps even in debt to him, that by various agreements into which he had, of his own desire, entered at various previous dates, he had no right to expect anything more, and so on, and so on.
Al final, cuando cuatro años más tarde, Mitya, perdiendo la paciencia, vino por segunda vez a nuestra pequeña ciudad para ajustar cuentas de una vez por todas con su padre, resultó para su asombro que no tenía nada, que era difícil obtener siquiera un estado de cuentas, que había recibido el valor total de su propiedad en sumas de dinero de Fyodor Pavlovitch, y que quizás incluso le debía dinero a él, que por diversos acuerdos en los que había entrado, por su propio deseo, en varias fechas anteriores, no tenía derecho a esperar nada más, y así sucesivamente, y así sucesivamente.
The young man was overwhelmed, suspected deceit and cheating, and was almost beside himself.
El joven estaba abrumado, sospechaba engaño y trampa, y estaba casi fuera de sí.
And, indeed, this circumstance led to the catastrophe, the account of which forms the subject of my first introductory story, or rather the external side of it.
Y, en efecto, esta circunstancia condujo a la catástrofe, cuyo relato constituye el tema de mi primera historia introductoria, o más bien el aspecto externo de la misma.
But before I pass to that story I must say a little of Fyodor Pavlovitch's other two sons, and of their origin.
Pero antes de pasar a esa historia debo decir algo sobre los otros dos hijos de Fyodor Pavlovitch, y sobre su origen.
Vocabulary
- Al
- Contraction of 'a' and 'el', meaning 'to the'.
- final
- End or conclusion of something.
- cuando
- When; used to introduce a time clause.
- cuatro
- The number four.
- años
- Years; units of time equal to twelve months.
- más
- More; indicates a greater quantity or degree.
- tarde
- Late; also means afternoon depending on context.
- perdiendo
- Losing; present participle of perder.
- la
- Feminine definite article meaning 'the'.
- paciencia
- Patience; ability to wait calmly without complaining.
- vino
- Came; past tense of venir; also means wine.
- por
- For, by, or through; common preposition with many uses.
- segunda
- Second; feminine ordinal number following first.
- vez
- Time or instance; as in 'one more time'.
- a
- To; preposition indicating direction or recipient.
- nuestra
- Our; first-person plural possessive adjective, feminine.
- pequeña
- Small or little; feminine adjective describing size.
- ciudad
- City; an urban settlement or municipality.
- para
- For, in order to; preposition indicating purpose or destination.
- ajustar
- To settle or adjust; to resolve or fix something.
- cuentas
- Accounts or bills; also used in 'ajustar cuentas' meaning settle scores.
- de
- Of or from; very common Spanish preposition.
- una
- One; feminine indefinite article or numeral.
- todas
- All; feminine plural form of todo.
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means.
- su
- His, her, its, or your (formal); possessive adjective.
- padre
- Father; male parent.
- resultó
- It turned out; past tense of resultar.
- asombro
- Astonishment; a feeling of great surprise or wonder.
- que
- That, which, or what; very common conjunction or pronoun.
- no
- No or not; basic negation word.
- tenía
- Had; imperfect past tense of tener.
- nada
- Nothing; used to express absence of anything.
- era
- Was; imperfect past tense of ser.
- difícil
- Difficult; hard to do or understand.
- obtener
- To obtain or get; to acquire something.
- siquiera
- Even; used to emphasize minimum expectation or desire.
- un
- A or an; masculine indefinite article.
- estado
- State or status; condition or governmental entity.
- había
- Had; imperfect past tense of haber, auxiliary verb.
- recibido
- Received; past participle of recibir.
- el
- The; masculine definite article.
- valor
- Value or worth; also means courage.
- total
- Total; complete sum or entirety of something.
- propiedad
- Property; something owned or a characteristic quality.
- en
- In or on; common preposition of location or time.
- sumas
- Sums; amounts of money or arithmetic totals.
- dinero
- Money; currency used for buying and selling.
- y
- And; basic coordinating conjunction.
- quizás
- Perhaps or maybe; expresses uncertainty or possibility.
- incluso
- Even or including; used to emphasize addition.
- le
- Him, her, or you (formal); indirect object pronoun.
- debía
- Owed or should; imperfect past tense of deber.
- él
- He or him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
- diversos
- Various or diverse; of several different kinds.
- acuerdos
- Agreements or deals; mutual arrangements between parties.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- entrado
- Entered; past participle of entrar.
- propio
- Own; belonging to oneself; proper or suitable.
- deseo
- Desire or wish; a strong feeling of wanting something.
- varias
- Several; more than two but not extremely many.
- fechas
- Dates; specific days on the calendar.
- anteriores
- Previous or earlier; occurring before in time.
- derecho
- Right or law; entitlement or legal system.
- esperar
- To wait or to hope; to expect something.
- así
- Thus or so; in this way or manner.
- sucesivamente
- Successively; one after another in sequence.
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- joven
- Young person or youth; adjective meaning young.
- estaba
- Was; imperfect past tense of estar.
- abrumado
- Overwhelmed; feeling crushed under too much burden.
- sospechaba
- Suspected; imperfect past tense of sospechar.
- engaño
- Deception or trick; act of misleading someone.
- trampa
- Trap or trick; a scheme to deceive someone.
- casi
- Almost or nearly; very close to but not quite.
- fuera
- Outside or were; subjunctive/past tense of ser/estar.
- sí
- Himself/herself; reflexive pronoun or yes.
- Y
- And; coordinating conjunction connecting clauses.
- efecto
- Effect or result; consequence of a cause.
- esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun.
- circunstancia
- Circumstance; a fact or condition surrounding an event.
- condujo
- Led or drove; preterite past tense of conducir.
- catástrofe
- Catastrophe; a sudden great disaster or misfortune.
- cuyo
- Whose; relative possessive pronoun.
- relato
- Account or story; a narrative of events.
- constituye
- Constitutes or forms; third-person singular of constituir.
- tema
- Theme or topic; the main subject of discussion.
- mi
- My; first-person singular possessive adjective.
- primera
- First; feminine ordinal number before second.
- historia
- Story or history; narrative of events past or fictional.
- introductoria
- Introductory; serving as an introduction or opening.
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating an alternative choice.
- bien
- Well or good; adverb of manner or noun meaning good.
- aspecto
- Aspect or appearance; a particular part or feature.
- externo
- External or outer; relating to the outside.
- misma
- Same; feminine form of mismo, emphasizing identity.
- Pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.
- antes
- Before; indicating prior time or order.
- pasar
- To pass or to happen; to move from one place.
- esa
- That; feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun.
- debo
- I must or I owe; first-person singular of deber.
- decir
- To say or tell; basic verb of verbal expression.
- algo
- Something; an unspecified thing or amount.
- sobre
- About or on top of; preposition with multiple uses.
- otros
- Others; masculine plural of otro, meaning other.
- dos
- Two; the number following one.
- hijos
- Sons or children; offspring of a parent.
- origen
- Origin; the point or place where something begins.
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