Treasure Island — Page 7
People were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a fine excitement in a quiet country life, and there was even a party of the younger men who pretended to admire him, calling him a "true sea-dog" and a "real old salt" and such like names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at sea.
La gente estaba asustada en aquel momento, pero al recordarlo más bien les gustaba; era una emoción estupenda en una tranquila vida rural, e incluso había un grupo de hombres más jóvenes que fingían admirarle, llamándole «un auténtico lobo de mar» y «un viejo marinero de verdad» y otros nombres por el estilo, y diciendo que era el tipo de hombre que hacía temible a Inglaterra en el mar.
In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us, for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more.
En cierto modo, la verdad es que prometía arruinarnos, pues siguió quedándose semana tras semana, y al final mes tras mes, de modo que el dinero se había agotado hacía mucho tiempo, y aun así mi padre nunca tuvo el valor de insistir en que pagara más.
If ever he mentioned it, the captain blew through his nose so loudly that you might say he roared, and stared my poor father out of the room.
Cada vez que lo mencionaba, el capitán soplaba por la nariz tan fuerte que se podría decir que rugía, y miraba a mi pobre padre hasta hacerle salir de la habitación.
I have seen him wringing his hands after such a rebuff, and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in must have greatly hastened his early and unhappy death.
Le he visto retorcerse las manos tras semejante desaire, y estoy seguro de que la angustia y el terror en que vivía debieron de acelerar en gran medida su prematura e infeliz muerte.
All the time he lived with us the captain made no change whatever in his dress but to buy some stockings from a hawker.
Durante todo el tiempo que vivió con nosotros, el capitán no hizo ningún cambio en su vestimenta salvo comprarle unas medias a un buhonero.
One of the cocks of his hat having fallen down, he let it hang from that day forth, though it was a great annoyance when it blew.
Uno de los picos de su sombrero se había caído, y lo dejó colgando desde aquel día en adelante, aunque era una gran molestia cuando hacía viento.
I remember the appearance of his coat, which he patched himself upstairs in his room, and which, before the end, was nothing but patches.
Recuerdo el aspecto de su chaqueta, que él mismo remendaba arriba en su habitación, y que, al final, no era más que remiendos.
Vocabulary
- gente
- People, a group of persons
- estaba
- Was; past imperfect of 'estar'
- asustada
- Frightened, scared, startled
- aquel
- That (distant); demonstrative adjective
- momento
- Moment, a brief point in time
- recordarlo
- To remember it; recall a past event
- gustaba
- Was pleasing to; they used to like
- emoción
- Emotion, feeling, excitement
- estupenda
- Wonderful, splendid, magnificent
- tranquila
- Calm, peaceful, quiet
- vida
- Life; one's existence or way of living
- rural
- Rural, relating to the countryside
- e
- And; variant of 'y' before i/hi
- incluso
- Even, including; adds emphasis or surprise
- grupo
- Group, a collection of people or things
- hombres
- Men; plural of hombre
- jóvenes
- Young people, youths
- fingían
- They pretended, feigned, acted falsely
- admirarle
- To admire him; regard with wonder
- llamándole
- Calling him; addressing someone by a name
- auténtico
- Authentic, genuine, real
- lobo
- Wolf; a wild canine predator
- mar
- Sea, ocean; large body of saltwater
- viejo
- Old, aged; an elderly person
- marinero
- Sailor, seaman, mariner
- verdad
- Truth; reality, that which is true
- nombres
- Names; words identifying a person or thing
- estilo
- Style, manner, fashion
- diciendo
- Saying; present participle of 'decir'
- tipo
- Type, guy, fellow; informal for a man
- hacía
- Made, did; past imperfect of 'hacer'
- temible
- Fearsome, dreadful, frightening
- Inglaterra
- England; country in the United Kingdom
- cierto
- Certain, sure; a particular something
- modo
- Way, manner, mode
- prometía
- Was promising; pledged or threatened something
- arruinarnos
- To ruin us; cause financial or other destruction
- pues
- Well, then, since; discourse connector
- siguió
- Continued, kept on; followed or persisted
- quedándose
- Staying, remaining; continuing to be somewhere
- semana
- Week; period of seven days
- tras
- After, behind; preposition of sequence
- final
- End, final; the last part of something
- mes
- Month; one of twelve calendar divisions
- dinero
- Money; currency used for transactions
- agotado
- Exhausted, depleted, used up
- tiempo
- Time; duration or a period of time
- aun
- Even, still; adverb of emphasis or concession
- así
- So, thus, like this; in this manner
- padre
- Father; male parent
- nunca
- Never; at no time
- tuvo
- Had; preterite of 'tener'
- valor
- Courage, bravery; also value or worth
- insistir
- To insist, persist in demanding something
- pagara
- Would pay; past subjunctive of 'pagar'
- Cada
- Each, every; distributive adjective
- vez
- Time, occasion; instance of an event
- mencionaba
- Was mentioning; imperfect of 'mencionar'
- capitán
- Captain; leader or commander of a ship
- soplaba
- Was blowing; imperfect of 'soplar'
- nariz
- Nose; facial organ for breathing and smell
- fuerte
- Strong, loud, hard; intense
- podría
- Could; conditional of 'poder'
- decir
- To say, to tell; express in words
- rugía
- Was roaring; imperfect of 'rugir'
- miraba
- Was looking at; imperfect of 'mirar'
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate; lacking money or pitiful
- hasta
- Until, up to, even; preposition or conjunction
- hacerle
- To make him; cause someone to do something
- salir
- To leave, go out; exit a place
- habitación
- Room; an enclosed space in a building
- visto
- Seen; past participle of 'ver'
- retorcerse
- To writhe, twist oneself in anguish
- manos
- Hands; body parts at end of arms
- semejante
- Such, similar; of that kind or nature
- desaire
- Snub, slight, act of disrespect
- seguro
- Sure, certain, safe
- angustia
- Anguish, distress, deep anxiety
- terror
- Terror, intense fear or dread
- vivía
- Was living; imperfect of 'vivir'
- debieron
- Must have; preterite of 'deber'
- acelerar
- To accelerate, speed up, hasten
- medida
- Measure, extent, degree
- prematura
- Premature, occurring before the proper time
- infeliz
- Unhappy, unfortunate, wretched
- muerte
- Death; end of life
- Durante
- During; throughout a period of time
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- vivió
- Lived; preterite of 'vivir'
- hizo
- Made, did; preterite of 'hacer'
- ningún
- No, not any; negative adjective
- cambio
- Change, alteration, exchange
- vestimenta
- Clothing, attire, garments
- salvo
- Except, save for; excluding
- comprarle
- To buy him/her; purchase for someone
- medias
- Stockings, socks; leg coverings
- buhonero
- Peddler, hawker; traveling street vendor
- picos
- Peaks, points, brims; also beaks
- sombrero
- Hat; a head covering with a brim
- caído
- Fallen, drooped; past participle of 'caer'
- dejó
- Left, let, allowed; preterite of 'dejar'
- colgando
- Hanging, dangling; present participle of 'colgar'
- desde
- From, since; preposition of origin or time
- día
- Day; a 24-hour period
- adelante
- Forward, ahead, onward
- aunque
- Although, even though; concessive conjunction
- molestia
- Annoyance, bother, inconvenience
- cuando
- When; temporal conjunction
- viento
- Wind; moving air outdoors
- Recuerdo
- I remember; first person of 'recordar'
- aspecto
- Appearance, aspect, look
- chaqueta
- Jacket; short outer garment
- mismo
- Himself, same; reflexive or emphatic adjective
- remendaba
- Was mending, patching; imperfect of 'remendar'
- arriba
- Above, up; adverb of place
- remiendos
- Patches, mends; repairs sewn onto fabric
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