Como gustéis: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
As You Like It
Las 40 palabras que William Shakespeare repite una y otra vez en «Como gustéis» y que no están entre las 4.000 más comunes del inglés. Apréndelas antes y los primeros capítulos se leerán mucho mejor. Cada una lleva su pronunciación, su traducción y una frase del libro.
thou/ˈðaʊ/tú121 veces en el libro
… and, as thou sayst, charged my brother …
thee/ˈði/te, ti90 veces en el libro
Charles, I thank thee for thy love to me, which thou shalt find I will most kindly requite.
fool/ˈfuɫ/bufón46 veces en el libro
Though Nature hath given us wit to flout at Fortune, hath not Fortune sent in this fool to cut off the argument?
shepherd/ˈʃɛpɝd/pastor, ovejero28 veces en el libro
Alas, poor shepherd, searching of thy wound,
doth/ˈdɔθ/hace20 veces en el libro
I would we could do so, for her benefits are mightily misplaced, and the bountiful blind woman doth most mistake in her gifts to women.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/señor16 veces en el libro
… the old Duke is banished by his younger brother the new Duke, and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary exile with him, whose lands and revenues enrich the new Duke …
wrestle/ˈɹɛsəɫ/forcejear o contender de otro modo con un oponente para derribarlo o forzarlo al suelo, principalmente como deporte o en combate sin armas luchar16 veces en el libro
’Twill be a good way, and tomorrow the wrestling is.
pritheete ruego15 veces en el libro
Marry, I prithee do, to make sport withal …
hither/ˈhɪðɝ/acá, aquí14 veces en el libro
… out of my love to you, I came hither to acquaint you withal, that either you might stay him from his intendment …
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que14 veces en el libro
Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this hand from thy throat till this other had pulled out thy tongue for saying so.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/barba14 veces en el libro
Stand you both forth now: stroke your chins, and swear by your beards that I am a knave.
withalcon ello13 veces en el libro
… I prithee do, to make sport withal; but love no man in good earnest …
pity/ˈpɪti/lástima, pena13 veces en el libro
The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra12 veces en el libro
Your brother is but young and tender, and for your love I would be loath to foil him, as I must for my own honour if he come in.
ding/ˈdɪŋ/din don12 veces en el libro
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
banish/ˈbænɪʃ/desterrar12 veces en el libro
That is, the old Duke is banished by his younger brother the new Duke, and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary exile with him …
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/ama12 veces en el libro
Dear Celia, I show more mirth than I am mistress of, and would you yet I were merrier?
weep/ˈwip/llorar, lacrimar, lagrimar10 veces en el libro
I speak but brotherly of him, but should I anatomize him to thee as he is, I must blush and weep, and thou must look pale and wonder.
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/adornar9 veces en el libro
… for if thou dost him any slight disgrace, or if he do not mightily grace himself on thee, he will practise against thee by poison …
folly/ˈfɑɫi/locura, necedad, insensatez9 veces en el libro
If thou rememb’rest not the slightest folly
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/color8 veces en el libro
Of what colour?
vers/ˈvɝs/versos8 veces en el libro
This is the very false gallop of verses.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/melancolía, engurrio8 veces en el libro
The melancholy Jaques grieves at that,
chide/ˈtʃaɪd/cafetear, increpar, reprehender8 veces en el libro
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind,
unto/ˈəntu/a, hacia, hasta8 veces en el libro
With bills on their necks: “Be it known unto all men by these presents.”
foul/ˈfaʊɫ/inmundo8 veces en el libro
Cleanse the foul body of th’ infected world,
merry/ˈmɛɹi/alegre, jacarandoso8 veces en el libro
They say he is already in the Forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England.
sooner/ˈsunɝ/más pronto7 veces en el libro
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.
motley/ˈmɑtɫi/abigarrado, heterogéneo, variado7 veces en el libro
A motley fool.
courtier/ˈkɔɹtiɝ/cortesano7 veces en el libro
O worthy fool!—One that hath been a courtier,
counterfeit/ˈkaʊntɝˌfɪt/contrahacer, falsificar7 veces en el libro
Now counterfeit to swoon; why, now fall down;
scorn/ˈskɔɹn/despreciar, menospreciar, desdeñar7 veces en el libro
That is the way to make her scorn you still.
wrestler/ˈɹɛsəɫɝ/luchador, libreluchador7 veces en el libro
Was not Charles, the Duke’s wrestler, here to speak with me?
crown/ˈkɹaʊn/corona7 veces en el libro
… Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and …
whither/ˈhwɪðɝ/adonde, adónde6 veces en el libro
… wit, whither wander you?
troth/ˈtɹoʊθ/compromiso6 veces en el libro
By my troth, thou sayest true.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/pelea, riña, discusión6 veces en el libro
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
villain/ˈvɪɫən/villano6 veces en el libro
Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?
disposition/ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/disposición6 veces en el libro
I am given, sir, secretly to understand that your younger brother Orlando hath a disposition to come in disguised against me to try a fall.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/cansado, cansino6 veces en el libro
O Jupiter, how weary are my spirits!
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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