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English → Spanish FIRST ACT SCENE Level 7/10

The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.

El Tribunal de Divorcio fue especialmente inventado para personas cuyas memorias están tan curiosamente constituidas.

ALGERNON.

Oh! there is no use speculating on that subject.

¡Oh! No tiene ningún sentido especular sobre ese tema.

Divorces are made in Heaven—[Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich.

Los divorcios se hacen en el Cielo— [Jack extiende la mano para tomar un sándwich.

Algernon at once interferes.] Please don't touch the cucumber sandwiches.

Algernon interviene de inmediato.] Por favor, no toque los sándwiches de pepino.

They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta.

Fueron encargados especialmente para la tía Augusta.

[Takes one and eats it.]

[Toma uno y se lo come.]

JACK.

Well, you have been eating them all the time.

Vaya, tú los has estado comiendo todo el tiempo.

ALGERNON.

That is quite a different matter.

Eso es un asunto completamente diferente.

She is my aunt.

Ella es mi tía.

[Takes plate from below.] Have some bread and butter.

[Toma el plato de abajo.] Tome un poco de pan con mantequilla.

The bread and butter is for Gwendolen.

El pan con mantequilla es para Gwendolen.

Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter.

Gwendolen es muy aficionada al pan con mantequilla.

JACK.

[Advancing to table and helping himself.] And very good bread and butter it is too.

[Avanzando hacia la mesa y sirviéndose.] Y además es un pan con mantequilla muy bueno.

ALGERNON.

Well, my dear fellow, you need not eat as if you were going to eat it all.

Vaya, mi querido amigo, no es necesario que coma como si fuera a comérselo todo.

You behave as if you were married to her already.

Se comporta como si ya estuviera casado con ella.

You are not married to her already, and I don't think you ever will be.

No está casado con ella todavía, y no creo que llegue a estarlo nunca.

JACK.

Why on earth do you say that?

¿Por qué demonios dice usted eso?

ALGERNON.

Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with.

Pues bien, en primer lugar, las chicas nunca se casan con los hombres con quienes coquetean.

Girls don't think it right.

Las chicas no creen que sea correcto.

JACK.

Oh, that is nonsense!

¡Oh, eso es una tontería!

ALGERNON.

It isn't.

No lo es.

It is a great truth.

Es una gran verdad.

It accounts for the extraordinary number of bachelors that one sees all over the place.

Eso explica el extraordinario número de solteros que uno ve por todas partes.

In the second place, I don't give my consent.

En segundo lugar, yo no doy mi consentimiento.

JACK.

Your consent!

¡Su consentimiento!

ALGERNON.

My dear fellow, Gwendolen is my first cousin.

Mi querido amigo, Gwendolen es mi prima hermana.

Vocabulary

Tribunal: A court or tribunal that settles legal disputes.
Divorcio: Legal dissolution of a marriage between two people.
fue: Past tense of 'ser/ir'; 'was' or 'went'.
especialmente: Adverb meaning 'especially' or 'particularly'.
inventado: Past participle of 'inventar'; created or devised.
personas: Plural noun meaning 'people' or 'persons'.
cuyas: Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose'.
memorias: Plural noun meaning 'memories' or 'memoirs'.
tan: Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons.
curiosamente: Adverb meaning 'curiously' or 'oddly'.
constituidas: Adjective meaning 'constituted' or 'formed'.
ningún: Adjective meaning 'no' or 'not any'.
sentido: Noun meaning 'sense' or 'meaning'.
especular: Verb meaning 'to speculate' or 'to theorize'.
sobre: Preposition meaning 'about' or 'on top of'.
tema: Noun meaning 'theme', 'topic', or 'subject'.
divorcios: Plural noun referring to legal separations of marriages.
Cielo: Noun meaning 'sky' or 'heaven'.
extiende: Third person singular of 'extender'; 'extends' or 'reaches out'.
mano: Noun meaning 'hand'.
tomar: Verb meaning 'to take' or 'to grab'.
sándwich: Noun meaning 'sandwich'; food with filling between bread.
interviene: Third person singular of 'intervenir'; 'intervenes'.
inmediato: Adjective meaning 'immediate' or 'instant'.
favor: Noun meaning 'favor'; used in 'por favor' meaning 'please'.
toque: Subjunctive form of 'tocar'; 'touch' (command form).
sándwiches: Plural noun meaning 'sandwiches'.
pepino: Noun meaning 'cucumber', a green vegetable.
Fueron: Third person plural preterite of 'ser/ir'; 'were' or 'went'.
encargados: Past participle of 'encargar'; 'ordered' or 'commissioned'.
tía: Noun meaning 'aunt'; a parent's sister.
Toma: Informal imperative of 'tomar'; 'take' (command).
come: Third person singular of 'comer'; 'eats'.
Vaya: Exclamation expressing surprise; 'well' or 'wow'.
estado: Past participle of 'estar'; 'been'.
comiendo: Gerund of 'comer'; 'eating'.
todo: Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everything'.
tiempo: Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'.
Eso: Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that'.
asunto: Noun meaning 'matter', 'issue', or 'affair'.
completamente: Adverb meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'.
diferente: Adjective meaning 'different' or 'distinct'.
plato: Noun meaning 'plate' or 'dish'.
abajo: Adverb meaning 'below', 'down', or 'downstairs'.
Tome: Formal imperative of 'tomar'; 'take' (polite command).
poco: Adjective or adverb meaning 'a little' or 'few'.
pan: Noun meaning 'bread'.
mantequilla: Noun meaning 'butter'; a dairy spread.
aficionada: Adjective meaning 'fond of' or 'enthusiastic about'.
Avanzando: Gerund of 'avanzar'; 'advancing' or 'moving forward'.
hacia: Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'.
mesa: Noun meaning 'table'.
sirviéndose: Reflexive gerund of 'servir'; 'serving oneself'.
además: Adverb meaning 'besides', 'furthermore', or 'also'.
bueno: Adjective meaning 'good'; also used as an interjection.
querido: Adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'.
amigo: Noun meaning 'friend'.
necesario: Adjective meaning 'necessary' or 'required'.
coma: Subjunctive form of 'comer'; 'eat' (in clauses).
como: Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'like'; also 'I eat'.
si: Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'whether'.
fuera: Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir'; 'were' (hypothetical).
comérselo: Reflexive infinitive phrase; 'to eat it up entirely'.
comporta: Third person singular of 'comportarse'; 'behaves'.
ya: Adverb meaning 'already', 'now', or 'soon'.
estuviera: Imperfect subjunctive of 'estar'; 'were' (hypothetical state).
casado: Adjective meaning 'married'.
todavía: Adverb meaning 'still' or 'yet'.
creo: First person singular of 'creer'; 'I believe' or 'I think'.
llegue: Subjunctive form of 'llegar'; 'arrives' or 'reaches'.
estarlo: Infinitive 'estar' with clitic; 'to be it'.
nunca: Adverb meaning 'never'.
demonios: Noun meaning 'devils'; used in exclamations like 'what the devil'.
dice: Third person singular of 'decir'; 'says' or 'tells'.
usted: Formal subject pronoun meaning 'you' (singular formal).
eso: Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that'.
Pues: Conjunction or filler meaning 'well' or 'so'.
bien: Adverb meaning 'well' or 'fine'.
primer: Adjective meaning 'first' (shortened form before nouns).
lugar: Noun meaning 'place', 'location', or 'spot'.
chicas: Noun meaning 'girls' or 'young women'.
casan: Third person plural of 'casarse'; 'marry' or 'get married'.
hombres: Plural noun meaning 'men'.
quienes: Relative pronoun meaning 'who' (plural).
coquetean: Third person plural of 'coquetear'; 'flirt'.
creen: Third person plural of 'creer'; 'believe' or 'think'.
sea: Subjunctive form of 'ser'; 'be' (in clauses).
correcto: Adjective meaning 'correct' or 'proper'.
tontería: Noun meaning 'nonsense', 'foolishness', or 'silliness'.
gran: Adjective meaning 'great' or 'large' (before nouns).
verdad: Noun meaning 'truth'.
explica: Third person singular of 'explicar'; 'explains'.
extraordinario: Adjective meaning 'extraordinary' or 'remarkable'.
número: Noun meaning 'number' or 'quantity'.
solteros: Noun or adjective meaning 'bachelors' or 'single men'.
ve: Third person singular of 'ver'; 'sees'.
por: Preposition meaning 'for', 'by', or 'through'.
todas: Adjective meaning 'all' (feminine plural).
partes: Noun meaning 'parts' or 'places'; 'todas partes' means 'everywhere'.
segundo: Adjective meaning 'second'.
doy: First person singular of 'dar'; 'I give'.
consentimiento: Noun meaning 'consent' or 'permission'.
prima: Noun meaning 'female cousin'.
hermana: Noun meaning 'sister'.

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