The Great Gatsby — Page 15

English → Spanish Full Text Level 7/10

"What'll we plan?" She turned to me helplessly: "What do people plan?"

"¿Qué planearemos?" Se volvió hacia mí con aire de desamparo: "¿Qué planea la gente?"

Before I could answer her eyes fastened with an awed expression on her little finger.

Antes de que yo pudiera responder, sus ojos se fijaron con una expresión de asombro en su dedo meñique.

"Look!" she complained; "I hurt it."

"¡Mira!" se quejó; "Me lo lastimé."

We all looked—the knuckle was black and blue.

Todos miramos: el nudillo estaba amoratado.

"You did it, Tom," she said accusingly. "I know you didn't mean to, but you did do it. That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a—"

"Fuiste tú, Tom", dijo ella en tono acusador. "Sé que no fue tu intención, pero lo hiciste. Esto es lo que me pasa por casarme con un hombre brutal, un gran y corpulento espécimen físico de..."

"I hate that word 'hulking,' " objected Tom crossly, "even in kidding."

"Odio esa palabra 'corpulento'", objetó Tom malhumorado, "aunque sea en broma."

"Hulking," insisted Daisy.

"Corpulento", insistió Daisy.

Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.

A veces ella y la señorita Baker hablaban al mismo tiempo, de manera discreta y con una intrascendencia burlona que nunca llegaba a ser cháchara, tan fría como sus vestidos blancos y sus ojos impersonales en ausencia de todo deseo.

They were here, and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained.

Estaban aquí, y aceptaban a Tom y a mí, haciendo tan solo un cortés y agradable esfuerzo por entretener o ser entretenidas.

They knew that presently dinner would be over and a little later the evening too would be over and casually put away.

Sabían que en breve la cena terminaría y un poco después la velada también concluiría y quedaría olvidada sin más.

It was sharply different from the West, where an evening was hurried from phase to phase towards its close, in a continually disappointed anticipation or else in sheer nervous dread of the moment itself.

Era marcadamente distinto del Oeste, donde una velada era empujada de fase en fase hacia su final, en una anticipación continuamente defraudada o bien en un puro y nervioso temor al momento mismo.

"You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy," I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. "Can't you talk about crops or something?

"Me haces sentir incivilizado, Daisy", confesé con mi segunda copa de un clarete con gusto a corcho pero bastante imponente. "¿No podéis hablar de cosechas o algo así?

Vocabulary

Qué: What; used to ask questions or express surprise.
planearemos: We will plan; future tense of planear.
Se: Reflexive pronoun; oneself or themselves.
volvió: Turned; past tense of volverse.
hacia: Toward; indicates direction or movement.
mí: Me; object pronoun after prepositions.
con: With; preposition expressing accompaniment or association.
aire: Air; appearance or manner of someone.
de: Of; preposition showing possession or relationship.
desamparo: Abandonment; state of being helpless or forsaken.
planea: Plans; third person singular present of planear.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
gente: People; human beings in general or collectively.
Antes: Before; prior to a specific time or event.
que: That; relative pronoun or conjunction.
yo: I; first person singular subject pronoun.
pudiera: Could; past subjunctive of poder.
responder: Respond; to answer or reply to someone.
sus: His, her, your, their; possessive adjective.
ojos: Eyes; organs of sight in humans.
se: Reflexive pronoun; oneself or themselves.
fijaron: Fixed; became focused or directed intently.
una: A, an; feminine singular indefinite article.
expresión: Expression; facial look or verbal communication.
asombro: Astonishment; state of great surprise or wonder.
en: In; preposition indicating location or time.
su: His, her, your, their; possessive adjective.
dedo: Finger; digit on hand or foot.
meñique: Pinky finger; smallest digit on hand.
Mira: Look; imperative of mirar to observe.
quejó: Complained; expressed dissatisfaction or pain.
Me: Me; direct object pronoun.
lo: It; masculine singular direct object pronoun.
lastimé: Hurt; caused pain to oneself.
Todos: Everyone; all people in a group.
miramos: We looked; past tense of mirar.
el: The; masculine singular definite article.
nudillo: Knuckle; bony joint of finger.
estaba: Was; past tense of estar.
amoratado: Bruised; having a purple or blue mark.
Fuiste: You were; informal past tense of ser.
tú: You; informal singular subject pronoun.
dijo: Said; past tense of decir.
ella: She; feminine singular subject pronoun.
tono: Tone; quality of voice or sound.
acusador: Accusing; conveying blame or accusation.
Sé: Know; first person singular of saber.
no: Not; negation word in Spanish.
fue: Was; past tense of ser.
intención: Intention; purpose or deliberate aim.
pero: But; conjunction introducing contrast.
hiciste: You did; informal past of hacer.
Esto: This; neuter demonstrative pronoun.
es: Is; present tense of ser.
me: Me; reflexive or indirect object pronoun.
pasa: Happens; occurs or goes by.
por: For; preposition indicating reason or cause.
casarme: Marrying; to unite in marriage.
un: A, an; masculine singular indefinite article.
hombre: Man; adult male human being.
brutal: Brutal; savage, cruel, or violent.
gran: Great; large or impressive in size.
corpulento: Corpulent; having a large, heavy body.
espécimen: Specimen; individual example or sample.
físico: Physical; relating to body or matter.
Odio: Hate; intense dislike or aversion.
esa: That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective.
palabra: Word; unit of language or speech.
objetó: Objected; expressed disagreement or protest.
malhumorado: Bad-tempered; irritable or in a foul mood.
aunque: Although; even if or in spite of.
sea: Be; subjunctive of ser.
broma: Joke; something said or done humorously.
Corpulento: Corpulent; having a large, heavy body.
insistió: Insisted; persisted firmly on something.
veces: Times; occasions or instances of something.
señorita: Miss; polite title for unmarried woman.

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