Wuthering Heights — Page 8
Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene.
Por fortuna, una habitante de la cocina actuó con mayor presteza; una robusta mujer, con el vestido recogido, los brazos desnudos y las mejillas encendidas por el fuego, se precipitó en medio de nosotros blandiendo una sartén: y empleó esa arma, y su lengua, con tal eficacia, que la tormenta se calmó como por arte de magia, y solo ella quedó, agitada como un mar tras un viento fuerte, cuando su amo hizo su aparición en la escena.
"What the devil is the matter?" he asked, eyeing me in a manner that I could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment.
«¿Qué diablos ocurre?», preguntó, mirándome de una manera que yo difícilmente podía soportar tras ese trato tan inhospitalario.
"What the devil, indeed!" I muttered.
«¡Vaya que sí, qué diablos!», murmuré.
"The herd of possessed swine could have had no worse spirits in them than those animals of yours, sir.
«La manada de cerdos endemoniados no podría haber tenido peores espíritus que esos animales suyos, señor.
You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers!"
¡Bien podría usted dejar a un extraño con una camada de tigres!»
"They won't meddle with persons who touch nothing," he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table.
«No molestarán a quienes no toquen nada», observó, colocando la botella delante de mí y reponiendo la mesa que había sido desplazada.
"The dogs do right to be vigilant. Take a glass of wine?"
«Los perros hacen bien en estar vigilantes. ¿Quiere una copa de vino?»
"No, thank you."
«No, gracias.»
"Not bitten, are you?"
«No le habrán mordido, ¿verdad?»
"If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter."
«Si así hubiera sido, habría dejado mi marca en quien me mordió.»
Heathcliff's countenance relaxed into a grin.
El semblante de Heathcliff se relajó hasta esbozar una sonrisa burlona.
"Come, come," he said, "you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood.
«Vamos, vamos», dijo, «está usted agitado, señor Lockwood.
Here, take a little wine.
Tome, beba un poco de vino.
Guests are so exceedingly rare in this house that I and my dogs, I am willing to own, hardly know how to receive them.
Las visitas son tan sumamente escasas en esta casa que yo y mis perros, lo reconozco, apenas sabemos cómo recibirlas.
Your health, sir?
¿A su salud, señor?
Vocabulary
- fortuna
- Luck or fortune; good chance or fate
- habitante
- A person who lives in a place; resident
- cocina
- A room used for cooking; kitchen
- actuó
- Past tense of actuar; performed or acted
- mayor
- Greater or larger; comparative form of grande
- presteza
- Speed and efficiency in doing something; swiftness
- robusta
- Strong, sturdy, and physically vigorous; robust
- vestido
- A garment worn by women; dress or outfit
- recogido
- Gathered up or pulled back; tied or bundled
- brazos
- The limbs extending from the shoulders; arms
- desnudos
- Without covering or clothing; bare or naked
- mejillas
- The fleshy sides of the face; cheeks
- encendidas
- Flushed or lit up with color; inflamed
- fuego
- Combustion producing heat and light; fire
- precipitó
- Rushed or hurled forward suddenly; dashed headlong
- medio
- The central point or middle of something
- blandiendo
- Waving or swinging a weapon threateningly; brandishing
- sartén
- A flat-bottomed pan used for frying food
- empleó
- Used or put something to work; employed
- arma
- An object used for fighting or defense; weapon
- lengua
- The muscular organ in the mouth; tongue or language
- tal
- Adjective meaning 'such' or 'such a'
- eficacia
- The power to produce desired results; effectiveness
- tormenta
- A violent weather event with wind and rain; storm
- calmó
- Became or made quiet and peaceful; calmed down
- arte
- Skill or creative expression; art or craft
- magia
- The use of supernatural powers; magic
- solo
- Without others; alone or only
- quedó
- Remained in a particular state or place; stayed
- agitada
- In a state of turbulence or unrest; agitated
- mar
- A large body of salt water; sea
- tras
- Preposition meaning 'after' or 'behind'
- viento
- Moving air caused by atmospheric pressure; wind
- fuerte
- Having great power or intensity; strong
- amo
- The owner or master of a household or property
- aparición
- The act of coming into view; appearance or arrival
- escena
- A setting or stage for events; scene
- diablos
- Devils; used as an intensifier meaning 'the devil'
- ocurre
- Present tense of ocurrir; happens or takes place
- preguntó
- Past tense of preguntar; asked a question
- mirándome
- Looking at me; present participle with pronoun attached
- manera
- The way or method in which something is done
- difícilmente
- With great difficulty; hardly or scarcely
- soportar
- To endure or tolerate something unpleasant; bear
- trato
- The way someone is treated; treatment or dealings
- inhospitalario
- Not welcoming or friendly to guests; inhospitable
- Vaya
- Exclamation expressing surprise or emphasis; well or wow
- murmuré
- Past tense of murmurar; spoke quietly or muttered
- manada
- A group of animals living together; pack or herd
- cerdos
- Domesticated animals kept for meat; pigs
- endemoniados
- Possessed by or resembling demons; devilish or wicked
- peores
- Comparative plural of malo; worse or the worst
- espíritus
- Supernatural or immaterial beings; spirits
- animales
- Living organisms that are not plants; animals
- dejar
- To allow or permit something; to leave or let
- extraño
- A person who is not known; stranger or outsider
- camada
- A group of young animals born together; litter
- tigres
- Large wild cats with striped fur; tigers
- molestarán
- Future tense of molestar; will bother or disturb
- quienes
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'those who'
- toquen
- Subjunctive of tocar; touch or handle something
- observó
- Past tense of observar; remarked or noticed
- colocando
- Present participle of colocar; placing or putting down
- botella
- A glass container used to hold liquids; bottle
- delante
- In front of or ahead; before in position
- reponiendo
- Present participle of reponer; restoring or putting back
- mesa
- A flat-surfaced piece of furniture; table
- desplazada
- Moved from its original position; displaced or shifted
- perros
- Domesticated canine animals kept as pets; dogs
- vigilantes
- Watchful and alert to potential danger; vigilant guards
- copa
- A stemmed glass used for drinking wine; goblet
- vino
- An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes; wine
- mordido
- Past participle of morder; bitten by teeth
- verdad
- Conformity to fact or reality; truth
- marca
- A visible impression or sign left behind; mark
- quien
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' referring to a person
- mordió
- Past tense of morder; bit with teeth
- semblante
- The expression or appearance of someone's face; countenance
- relajó
- Past tense of relajar; became relaxed or loosened
- esbozar
- To sketch or outline; to form or shape slightly
- sonrisa
- A facial expression showing pleasure or amusement; smile
- burlona
- Mocking or teasing in a playful way; scornful
- Vamos
- First-person plural of ir; let's go or come on
- agitado
- In a state of nervousness or excitement; agitated
- Tome
- Formal imperative of tomar; take or have something
- beba
- Formal imperative of beber; drink something
- visitas
- People who come to see someone; visitors or visits
- sumamente
- To an extreme degree; extremely or highly
- escasas
- Not plentiful or frequent; rare or scarce
- reconozco
- First-person singular of reconocer; I acknowledge or admit
- apenas
- Adverb meaning 'hardly' or 'scarcely'; barely
- recibirlas
- To receive or welcome them; infinitive with pronoun
- salud
- Physical wellbeing; health; also used as a toast
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