The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 13
It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.
Le ofendía tanto como abogado como amante de los aspectos sensatos y acostumbrados de la vida, para quien lo fantasioso era lo inmodesto.
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
Y hasta entonces era su ignorancia del señor Hyde lo que había aumentado su indignación; ahora, por un giro repentino, era su conocimiento.
It was already bad enough when the name was but a name of which he could learn no more.
Ya era bastante malo cuando el nombre era sólo un nombre del cual no podía averiguar más.
It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
Era peor cuando empezó a revestirse de atributos detestables; y de las cambiantes e insustanciales nieblas que durante tanto tiempo habían confundido su vista, surgió de repente la presentación definitiva de un demonio.
"I thought it was madness," he said, as he replaced the obnoxious paper in the safe, "and now I begin to fear it is disgrace."
"Pensé que era locura", dijo, mientras volvía a colocar el odioso papel en la caja fuerte, "y ahora empiezo a temer que sea una desgracia".
With that he blew out his candle, put on a greatcoat, and set forth in the direction of Cavendish Square, that citadel of medicine, where his friend, the great Dr. Lanyon, had his house and received his crowding patients.
Con eso apagó su vela, se puso un sobretodo y partió en dirección a Cavendish Square, esa ciudadela de la medicina, donde su amigo, el gran Dr. Lanyon, tenía su casa y recibía a sus numerosos pacientes.
"If anyone knows, it will be Lanyon," he had thought.
"Si alguien lo sabe, será Lanyon", había pensado.
The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
El solemne mayordomo lo conocía y le dio la bienvenida; no fue sometido a ninguna demora, sino que fue conducido directamente desde la puerta al comedor donde el Dr. Lanyon estaba sentado solo con su vino.
This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.
Este era un caballero cordial, saludable, pulcro, de rostro rojizo, con una mata de cabello prematuramente blanco y modales bulliciosos y decididos.
At sight of Mr. Utterson, he sprang up from his chair and welcomed him with both hands.
Al ver al señor Utterson, se levantó de un salto de su silla y le dio la bienvenida con ambas manos.
Vocabulary
- Le
- To him/her/you (formal indirect object pronoun)
- ofendía
- Offended, insulted (imperfect tense)
- tanto
- So much, as much
- como
- As, like, how
- abogado
- Lawyer, attorney
- amante
- Lover, fond of
- de
- Of, from
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- aspectos
- Aspects, features
- sensatos
- Sensible, reasonable
- y
- And
- acostumbrados
- Accustomed, usual, customary
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- vida
- Life
- para
- For, to, in order to
- quien
- Who, whom
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- fantasioso
- Fanciful, imaginative, fantastical
- era
- Was (imperfect of ser)
- Y
- And (capitalized)
- hasta
- Until, even, up to
- entonces
- Then, at that time
- su
- His, her, your, their (possessive)
- ignorancia
- Ignorance, lack of knowledge
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman
- que
- That, which, who
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- aumentado
- Increased, augmented (past participle)
- indignación
- Indignation, outrage
- ahora
- Now
- por
- For, by, through
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- giro
- Turn, twist, shift
- repentino
- Sudden, abrupt
- conocimiento
- Knowledge, awareness
- Ya
- Already, now, yet
- bastante
- Enough, quite, rather
- malo
- Bad, evil
- cuando
- When
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- nombre
- Name
- sólo
- Only, alone
- cual
- Which, what
- no
- No, not
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect)
- averiguar
- To find out, ascertain, investigate
- más
- More, most
- Era
- Was, it was (imperfect of ser)
- peor
- Worse, worst
- empezó
- Began, started (preterite)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- atributos
- Attributes, characteristics
- detestables
- Detestable, hateful, abominable
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cambiantes
- Changing, shifting, variable
- e
- And (before words starting with i/hi)
- nieblas
- Mists, fogs
- durante
- During, for (time)
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- habían
- Had, they had (imperfect plural of haber)
- confundido
- Confused, bewildered (past participle)
- vista
- Sight, view, vision
- surgió
- Emerged, arose, appeared (preterite)
- repente
- Sudden (used in 'de repente' - suddenly)
- presentación
- Presentation, introduction
- definitiva
- Definitive, final, conclusive
- demonio
- Demon, devil
- Pensé
- I thought (preterite of pensar)
- locura
- Madness, insanity, craziness
- dijo
- Said, he/she said (preterite)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile
- volvía
- Returned, was returning (imperfect)
- colocar
- To place, put, position
- odioso
- Odious, hateful, detestable
- papel
- Paper, document, role
- en
- In, on, at
- caja
- Box, case, safe
- fuerte
- Strong, safe, fort
- empiezo
- I begin, I start (present tense)
- temer
- To fear, be afraid
- sea
- Is, be (subjunctive of ser)
- una
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- desgracia
- Misfortune, disgrace, disaster
- Con
- With
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- apagó
- Extinguished, turned off (preterite)
- vela
- Candle, sail
- se
- Himself/herself/themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- puso
- Put, placed (preterite of poner)
- sobretodo
- Overcoat, topcoat
- partió
- Departed, left, set out (preterite)
- dirección
- Direction, address
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- ciudadela
- Citadel, stronghold, fortress
- medicina
- Medicine
- donde
- Where
- amigo
- Friend
- gran
- Great, grand (apocopated form of grande)
- Dr
- Doctor (abbreviation)
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect of tener)
- casa
- House, home
- recibía
- Received, saw (imperfect)
- sus
- His, her, their, your (plural possessive)
- numerosos
- Numerous, many
- pacientes
- Patients
- Si
- If
- alguien
- Someone, somebody, anyone
- sabe
- Knows (present tense of saber)
- será
- Will be (future of ser)
- pensado
- Thought (past participle of pensar)
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- solemne
- Solemn, serious
- mayordomo
- Butler, majordomo, steward
- conocía
- Knew, was acquainted with (imperfect)
- le
- Him, her, you (indirect object pronoun)
- dio
- Gave (preterite of dar)
- bienvenida
- Welcome
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- sometido
- Subjected, submitted (past participle)
- ninguna
- No, none, not any (feminine)
- demora
- Delay
- sino
- But, rather, except
- conducido
- Conducted, led, driven (past participle)
- directamente
- Directly, straight
- desde
- From, since
- puerta
- Door
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- comedor
- Dining room
- estaba
- Was, he/she was (imperfect of estar)
- sentado
- Seated, sitting (past participle)
- solo
- Alone, only
- con
- With
- vino
- Wine, came (preterite of venir)
- Este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- caballero
- Gentleman, knight
- cordial
- Cordial, warm, friendly
- saludable
- Healthy, wholesome
- rostro
- Face, countenance
- rojizo
- Reddish
- mata
- Thicket, bush, mop (of hair)
- cabello
- Hair
- prematuramente
- Prematurely
- blanco
- White
- modales
- Manners, behavior
- decididos
- Decided, determined, resolute
- Al
- Upon, to the (contraction of a + el)
- ver
- To see
- levantó
- Lifted, raised, got up (preterite)
- salto
- Jump, leap
- silla
- Chair
- ambas
- Both (feminine)
- manos
- Hands
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