The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 11
In the second place, whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family, and sent down with either no woman at all, or two.
En segundo lugar, siempre que ceno allí soy tratado como un miembro de la familia, y me sientan sin ninguna mujer, o con dos.
In the third place, I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to, to-night.
En tercer lugar, sé perfectamente bien junto a quién me va a sentar esta noche.
She will place me next Mary Farquhar, who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table.
Me sentará junto a Mary Farquhar, quien siempre coquetea con su propio marido al otro lado de la mesa.
That is not very pleasant.
Eso no es muy agradable.
Indeed, it is not even decent.
De hecho, ni siquiera es decente.
and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase.
Y ese tipo de cosas está aumentando enormemente.
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous.
La cantidad de mujeres en Londres que coquetean con sus propios maridos es absolutamente escandalosa.
It looks so bad.
Da tan mala imagen.
It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.
Es simplemente lavar la ropa limpia en público.
Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying.
Además, ahora que sé que eres un Bunburysta confirmado, naturalmente quiero hablar contigo sobre el Bunburying.
I want to tell you the rules.
Quiero explicarte las reglas.
JACK.
JACK.
I'm not a Bunburyist at all.
No soy un Bunburysta en absoluto.
If Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother, indeed I think I'll kill him in any case.
Si Gwendolen me acepta, voy a deshacerme de mi hermano; de hecho, creo que lo haré en cualquier caso.
Cecily is a little too much interested in him.
Cecily está demasiado interesada en él.
It is rather a bore.
Es bastante fastidioso.
So I am going to get rid of Ernest.
Así que voy a deshacerme de Ernest.
And I strongly advise you to do the same with Mr. . with your invalid friend who has the absurd name.
Y te aconsejo encarecidamente que hagas lo mismo con el señor... con tu amigo enfermizo que tiene ese nombre tan absurdo.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury.
Nada me inducirá a separarme de Bunbury, y si alguna vez te casas, lo cual me parece sumamente problemático, te alegrará mucho conocer a Bunbury.
Vocabulary
- segundo
- Ordinal number meaning 'second' in a sequence
- lugar
- Noun meaning 'place' or 'location'
- siempre
- Adverb meaning 'always' or 'every time'
- ceno
- First-person singular present of 'cenar,' meaning 'I dine'
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there,' indicating a distant location
- tratado
- Past participle of 'tratar,' meaning 'treated' or 'handled'
- miembro
- Noun meaning 'member' of a group or organization
- familia
- Noun meaning 'family,' a group of related people
- sientan
- Third-person plural present subjunctive of 'sentar,' meaning 'they seat'
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without,' indicating absence
- ninguna
- Negative adjective meaning 'no' or 'not any' (feminine)
- mujer
- Noun meaning 'woman' or 'wife'
- tercer
- Ordinal adjective meaning 'third' before a masculine noun
- sé
- First-person singular present of 'saber,' meaning 'I know'
- perfectamente
- Adverb meaning 'perfectly' or 'completely well'
- junto
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'together' or 'next to'
- sentar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to seat' or 'to sit someone'
- noche
- Noun meaning 'night' or 'evening'
- sentará
- Third-person singular future of 'sentar,' meaning 'will seat'
- quien
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'whom'
- coquetea
- Third-person singular present of 'coquetear,' meaning 'flirts'
- propio
- Adjective meaning 'own,' emphasizing personal possession
- marido
- Noun meaning 'husband,' a married male partner
- otro
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'other' or 'another'
- lado
- Noun meaning 'side,' as in a direction or edge
- mesa
- Noun meaning 'table,' a flat-surfaced piece of furniture
- agradable
- Adjective meaning 'pleasant' or 'agreeable'
- hecho
- Noun meaning 'fact'; in 'de hecho' means 'in fact'
- ni
- Negative conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'not even'
- siquiera
- Adverb used with 'ni' meaning 'not even'
- decente
- Adjective meaning 'decent' or 'respectable'
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (near the listener)
- tipo
- Noun meaning 'type,' 'kind,' or colloquially 'guy'
- cosas
- Plural noun meaning 'things' or 'matters'
- aumentando
- Present participle of 'aumentar,' meaning 'increasing' or 'growing'
- enormemente
- Adverb meaning 'enormously' or 'greatly'
- cantidad
- Noun meaning 'quantity' or 'amount'
- mujeres
- Plural noun meaning 'women'
- coquetean
- Third-person plural present of 'coquetear,' meaning 'they flirt'
- propios
- Plural adjective meaning 'own,' emphasizing personal possession
- absolutamente
- Adverb meaning 'absolutely' or 'completely'
- escandalosa
- Adjective meaning 'scandalous' or 'outrageous' (feminine)
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'such,' used for comparisons
- mala
- Adjective meaning 'bad' or 'poor' (feminine form)
- imagen
- Noun meaning 'image' or 'impression'
- simplemente
- Adverb meaning 'simply' or 'merely'
- lavar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to wash'
- ropa
- Noun meaning 'clothes' or 'clothing'
- limpia
- Adjective meaning 'clean' (feminine); also third-person of 'limpiar'
- público
- Noun or adjective meaning 'public' or 'in public'
- Además
- Adverb meaning 'furthermore,' 'besides,' or 'in addition'
- ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'
- confirmado
- Past participle of 'confirmar,' meaning 'confirmed' or 'established'
- naturalmente
- Adverb meaning 'naturally' or 'of course'
- hablar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to speak' or 'to talk'
- contigo
- Prepositional pronoun meaning 'with you' (informal)
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about,' 'over,' or 'on top of'
- explicarte
- Infinitive 'explicar' with 'te,' meaning 'to explain to you'
- reglas
- Plural noun meaning 'rules' or 'regulations'
- absoluto
- Adjective meaning 'absolute'; in 'en absoluto' means 'not at all'
- Si
- Conjunction meaning 'if,' introducing a conditional clause
- acepta
- Third-person singular present of 'aceptar,' meaning 'accepts'
- deshacerme
- Reflexive infinitive meaning 'to get rid of' something for oneself
- hermano
- Noun meaning 'brother'
- creo
- First-person singular present of 'creer,' meaning 'I believe'
- haré
- First-person singular future of 'hacer,' meaning 'I will do'
- cualquier
- Adjective meaning 'any' or 'whatever,' used before a noun
- caso
- Noun meaning 'case'; in 'en cualquier caso' means 'in any case'
- demasiado
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'too much' or 'excessively'
- interesada
- Adjective meaning 'interested' or 'keen on' (feminine form)
- bastante
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'quite,' 'enough,' or 'rather'
- fastidioso
- Adjective meaning 'annoying,' 'tiresome,' or 'bothersome'
- Así
- Adverb meaning 'so,' 'thus,' or 'in this way'
- aconsejo
- First-person singular present of 'aconsejar,' meaning 'I advise'
- encarecidamente
- Adverb meaning 'strongly,' 'earnestly,' or 'urgently'
- hagas
- Second-person singular present subjunctive of 'hacer,' meaning 'you do'
- mismo
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'same' or 'himself'/'yourself'
- señor
- Noun meaning 'sir,' 'Mr.,' or 'gentleman'
- amigo
- Noun meaning 'friend' (masculine form)
- enfermizo
- Adjective meaning 'sickly,' 'unhealthy,' or 'frail'
- nombre
- Noun meaning 'name' of a person or thing
- absurdo
- Adjective meaning 'absurd,' 'ridiculous,' or 'nonsensical'
- Nada
- Pronoun or adverb meaning 'nothing' or 'not anything'
- inducirá
- Third-person singular future of 'inducir,' meaning 'will induce'
- separarme
- Reflexive infinitive meaning 'to separate myself' or 'to part from'
- si
- Conjunction meaning 'if,' introducing a conditional clause
- alguna
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any' (feminine form)
- vez
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'occasion'; in 'alguna vez' means 'ever'
- casas
- Second-person singular present subjunctive of 'casar,' meaning 'you marry'
- cual
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'who'
- parece
- Third-person singular present of 'parecer,' meaning 'seems' or 'appears'
- sumamente
- Adverb meaning 'extremely' or 'highly'
- problemático
- Adjective meaning 'problematic' or 'troublesome'
- alegrará
- Third-person singular future of 'alegrarse,' meaning 'will be glad'
- mucho
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'much,' 'a lot,' or 'very much'
- conocer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to meet' or 'to know' a person
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