Wuthering Heights — Page 1
Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold.
La tarde de ayer se presentó neblinosa y fría.
I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.
Tuve la tentación de pasarla junto al fuego de mi estudio, en lugar de abrirme camino entre brezos y barro hasta Cumbres Borrascosas.
On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B.—I dine between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five)—on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders.
Sin embargo, al subir después de cenar, (N.B.: como entre las doce y la una; el ama de llaves, una señora de aspecto respetable que venía con la casa como parte del mobiliario, no podía o no quería entender mi petición de que me sirvieran a las cinco)—al subir las escaleras con esta perezosa intención y entrar en la habitación, vi a una criada de rodillas rodeada de escobas y cubos de carbón, levantando un polvo infernal mientras apagaba las llamas con montones de ceniza.
This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.
Este espectáculo me hizo retroceder de inmediato; tomé mi sombrero y, tras caminar cuatro millas, llegué a la verja del jardín de Heathcliff justo a tiempo para escapar de los primeros y suaves copos de un chubasco de nieve.
On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb.
En lo alto de aquella lúgubre colina, la tierra estaba endurecida por una helada negra, y el aire me hacía estremecer de pies a cabeza.
Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.
Al no poder quitar la cadena, salté por encima y, corriendo por el camino empedrado bordeado de groselleros dispersos, llamé en vano pidiendo que me abrieran, hasta que los nudillos me ardieron y los perros aullaron.
Vocabulary
- tarde
- Afternoon; or late as an adverb
- ayer
- Yesterday; the day before today
- presentó
- Presented itself; appeared or showed up
- neblinosa
- Misty or foggy; covered in light fog
- fría
- Cold; having a low temperature
- Tuve
- I had; past tense of tener
- tentación
- Temptation; strong urge to do something
- pasarla
- To spend it; pass time in a place
- junto
- Next to; together with something nearby
- fuego
- Fire; flames used for heat or light
- estudio
- Study room; a private room for working
- lugar
- Place; location or spot
- abrirme
- To open for myself; make one's own way
- camino
- Path or road; route taken to travel
- entre
- Between or among; positioned amid things
- brezos
- Heather plants; low shrubs on moorland
- barro
- Mud; wet, sticky earth on the ground
- hasta
- Until or up to; indicating a limit or destination
- Cumbres
- Heights or peaks; tops of hills or mountains
- Borrascosas
- Stormy or tempestuous; relating to rough weather
- Sin
- Without; lacking something
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo' meaning nevertheless or however
- subir
- To go up; climb or ascend
- después
- After; later in time or sequence
- cenar
- To have dinner; eat the evening meal
- como
- Like or as; used for comparison or approximation
- doce
- Twelve; the number 12
- ama
- Housekeeper or mistress of a household
- llaves
- Keys; metal instruments for opening locks
- señora
- Woman or lady; polite address for a woman
- aspecto
- Appearance or aspect; how someone looks
- respetable
- Respectable; worthy of respect and esteem
- venía
- Came; was coming, imperfect tense of venir
- casa
- House; a building where people live
- parte
- Part; a portion or section of something
- mobiliario
- Furniture; movable items furnishing a room
- podía
- Could; was able to, imperfect of poder
- quería
- Wanted; wished for, imperfect tense of querer
- entender
- To understand; to comprehend meaning
- petición
- Request or petition; a formal ask
- sirvieran
- That they serve; subjunctive of servir
- cinco
- Five; the number 5
- escaleras
- Stairs; steps used to go between floors
- perezosa
- Lazy; unwilling to work or make effort
- intención
- Intention; a plan or purpose in mind
- entrar
- To enter; to go into a place
- habitación
- Room; an enclosed space inside a building
- vi
- I saw; preterite first-person of ver
- criada
- Maid or servant; a female domestic worker
- rodillas
- Knees; joints in the middle of the leg
- rodeada
- Surrounded; encircled by objects or people
- escobas
- Brooms; tools used for sweeping floors
- cubos
- Buckets; containers used to carry liquids
- carbón
- Coal or charcoal; a fuel used for burning
- levantando
- Raising or stirring up; lifting something
- polvo
- Dust; fine particles floating in the air
- infernal
- Infernal; hellish, extremely bad or intense
- mientras
- While; at the same time as something else
- apagaba
- Was extinguishing; putting out flames or light
- llamas
- Flames; burning tongues of fire
- montones
- Piles or heaps; large gathered amounts
- ceniza
- Ash; powdery residue left after burning
- espectáculo
- Spectacle or sight; a striking visual scene
- hizo
- Made or caused; preterite third-person of hacer
- retroceder
- To step back; move backward or retreat
- inmediato
- Immediate; happening or done right away
- tomé
- I took; preterite first-person of tomar
- sombrero
- Hat; a head covering worn outdoors
- tras
- After or behind; following in time or space
- caminar
- To walk; to travel on foot
- cuatro
- Four; the number 4
- millas
- Miles; units of distance measurement
- llegué
- I arrived; preterite first-person of llegar
- verja
- Iron gate or fence; a metal barrier
- jardín
- Garden; an outdoor area with plants
- justo
- Just or exactly; precisely at a moment
- tiempo
- Time or weather; duration or atmospheric conditions
- escapar
- To escape; to get away from something
- primeros
- First; earliest in a series or sequence
- suaves
- Soft or gentle; smooth and light in feel
- copos
- Flakes; small flat pieces, as of snow
- chubasco
- Squall or shower; a sudden burst of rain or snow
- nieve
- Snow; frozen precipitation falling from clouds
- alto
- High; elevated in position or height
- aquella
- That; demonstrative adjective for distant feminine noun
- lúgubre
- Gloomy or dismal; dark and depressing in tone
- colina
- Hill; a raised area of land, smaller than a mountain
- tierra
- Earth or ground; soil or land surface
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of estar indicating state
- endurecida
- Hardened; made rigid or firm by cold
- helada
- Frost; freezing temperature that hardens ground
- negra
- Black; the darkest color
- aire
- Air; the atmosphere surrounding the earth
- hacía
- Made or caused; imperfect tense of hacer
- estremecer
- To shiver or shudder; tremble from cold or fear
- pies
- Feet; lower extremities of the body
- cabeza
- Head; the uppermost part of the body
- Al
- Contraction meaning 'upon' or 'when' before infinitive
- poder
- To be able to; expressing capacity or ability
- quitar
- To remove or take off; unfasten something
- cadena
- Chain; a series of linked metal rings
- salté
- I jumped; preterite first-person of saltar
- encima
- On top; above or over something
- corriendo
- Running; moving quickly on foot
- empedrado
- Cobblestone path; a road paved with stones
- bordeado
- Bordered or lined; edged by something alongside
- groselleros
- Gooseberry or currant bushes; thorny garden shrubs
- dispersos
- Scattered; spread out without order
- llamé
- I called; preterite first-person of llamar
- vano
- Vain; in 'en vano' meaning without success
- pidiendo
- Asking or requesting; gerund of pedir
- abrieran
- That they open; imperfect subjunctive of abrir
- nudillos
- Knuckles; bony joints on the fingers
- ardieron
- Burned; preterite of arder, to sting or burn
- perros
- Dogs; common domestic four-legged animals
- aullaron
- Howled; preterite of aullar, dogs crying out
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