The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 2

English → Spanish Full Text Level 6/10

So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again.

Así que tomo fosfatos o fosfotos—lo que sea, y tónicos, y viajes, y aire, y ejercicio, y tengo absolutamente prohibido «trabajar» hasta que me recupere.

Personally, I disagree with their ideas.

Personalmente, no estoy de acuerdo con sus ideas.

Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.

Personalmente, creo que un trabajo agradable, con emoción y cambio, me haría bien.

But what is one to do?

Pero ¿qué puede hacer una?

I did write for a while in spite of them; but it does exhaust me a good deal—having to be so sly about it, or else meet with heavy opposition.

Estuve escribiendo un tiempo a pesar de ellos; pero me agota bastante—tener que ser tan disimulada al respecto, o de lo contrario enfrentarme a una fuerte oposición.

I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad.

A veces me imagino que en mi estado si tuviera menos oposición y más compañía y estímulo—pero John dice que lo peor que puedo hacer es pensar en mi estado, y confieso que siempre me hace sentir mal.

So I will let it alone and talk about the house.

Así que lo dejaré estar y hablaré sobre la casa.

The most beautiful place! It is quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village. It makes me think of English places that you read about, for there are hedges and walls and gates that lock, and lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people.

¡El lugar más hermoso! Está completamente aislado, situado bien apartado de la carretera, a casi tres millas del pueblo. Me hace pensar en esos lugares ingleses de los que uno lee, pues hay setos y muros y verjas con cerrojo, y muchas casitas separadas para los jardineros y el personal.

There is a delicious garden! I never saw such a garden—large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them.

¡Hay un jardín delicioso! Nunca había visto un jardín así—grande y sombreado, lleno de senderos bordeados de boj, y flanqueado por largos cenadores cubiertos de vides con asientos debajo.

There were greenhouses, too, but they are all broken now.

También había invernaderos, pero ahora están todos en ruinas.

There was some legal trouble, I believe, something about the heirs and co-heirs; anyhow, the place has been empty for years.

Hubo algún problema legal, creo, algo relacionado con los herederos y coherederos; en cualquier caso, el lugar ha estado vacío durante años.

Vocabulary

Así: In this way; thus; so.
que: That; which; who (relative pronoun).
tomo: I take; volume or tome (book).
lo: It; that (direct object pronoun).
sea: Be (subjunctive form of ser).
tónicos: Tonic; relating to tone or strength.
viajes: Travels; journeys; trips.
aire: Air; atmosphere; appearance or manner.
ejercicio: Exercise; physical activity; practice.
tengo: I have (present tense of tener).
absolutamente: Absolutely; completely; utterly.
prohibido: Forbidden; prohibited; not allowed.
trabajar: To work; to labor; to function.
hasta: Until; up to; as far as.
me: Me; to me (indirect or direct object).
recupere: I recover; I recuperate (subjunctive form).
Personalmente: Personally; in my personal opinion.
no: No; not; negation.
estoy: I am (present tense of estar).
de: Of; from; about; by.
acuerdo: Agreement; accord; harmony.
con: With; together with; in agreement.
sus: His; her; their; your (possessive).
ideas: Ideas; thoughts; concepts.
creo: I believe; I think (present tense).
un: A; an; one (indefinite article).
trabajo: Work; job; labor; task.
agradable: Pleasant; agreeable; enjoyable.
emoción: Emotion; feeling; excitement.
cambio: Change; exchange; transformation.
haría: Would do; would make (conditional).
bien: Well; good; correctly; benefit.
Pero: But; however; yet.
qué: What; which (interrogative pronoun).
puede: Can; is able to; may.
hacer: To do; to make; to perform.
una: A; an (feminine indefinite article).
Estuve: I was; I have been (past tense).
escribiendo: Writing (present participle of escribir).
tiempo: Time; weather; period; moment.
pesar: To weigh; sorrow; regret.
ellos: They; them (masculine plural pronoun).
pero: But; however; yet.
agota: Exhausts; drains; depletes.
bastante: Enough; quite; rather; fairly.
tener: To have; to hold; to possess.
ser: To be; to exist; to constitute.
tan: So; as; so much; such.
al: To the; at the (contraction).
respecto: Respect; regard; aspect; concerning.
contrario: Contrary; opposite; adverse.
enfrentarme: To face; to confront me.
fuerte: Strong; powerful; loud; intense.
oposición: Opposition; resistance; disagreement.
veces: Times; occasions; instances.
imagino: I imagine; I suppose (present).
en: In; on; at; into.
mi: My; me (possessive or object).
estado: State; condition; status.
si: If; whether (conditional).
tuviera: I had; I would have (subjunctive).
menos: Less; minus; fewer; least.
más: More; plus; greater; most.
compañía: Company; companionship; association.
estímulo: Stimulus; incentive; encouragement.
dice: Says; tells; speaks (present).
peor: Worse; worst; poorer; worse thing.
puedo: I can; I am able (present).
es: Is; are (present tense of ser).
pensar: To think; to consider; to intend.
confieso: I confess; I admit (present).
siempre: Always; forever; ever; still.
hace: Makes; does; ago; it is.
sentir: To feel; to sense; to regret.
mal: Bad; badly; ill; wrong.
dejaré: I will leave; I will stop (future).

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