Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
Las 40 palabras que Mary Shelley repite una y otra vez en «Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo» 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.
misery/ˈmɪzɝi/desdicha, desgracia, infortunio63 veces en el libro
… yet I have found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery, I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/miserable, mísero63 veces en el libro
He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of commerce.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/esforzarse por56 veces en el libro
… if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/desesperanzarse, desesperarse51 veces en el libro
But he is generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/casa pequeña51 veces en el libro
… when the gates of Geneva were shut, and she was forced to remain several hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage, being unwilling to call up the inhabitants …
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afecto, cariño, afección48 veces en el libro
… and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic, and affection enough for me to endeavour to regulate my mind.
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/sensación44 veces en el libro
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo43 veces en el libro
… I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/rostro, faz, semblante39 veces en el libro
… if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were …
fiend/ˈfind/diablillo, malvado33 veces en el libro
Because he knows a frightful fiend
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/trabajo32 veces en el libro
I am practically industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous …
bestow/bɪˈstoʊ/cedió, entregó30 veces en el libro
… on which he had designed to pass the remainder of his life; but he bestowed the whole on his rival, together with the remains of his prize-money to purchase stock …
agony/ˈæɡəni/agonía, angustia30 veces en el libro
With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me …
grief/ˈɡɹif/pena, pesar, dolor29 veces en el libro
For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/amabilidad, bondad27 veces en el libro
Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/asesino, asesina, homicida27 veces en el libro
This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/calma, sosiego27 veces en el libro
… and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.
wretch/ˈɹɛtʃ/desgraciado, desgraciada, desventurada24 veces en el libro
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?
cottageraldeanos, campesinos24 veces en el libro
The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
revenge/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/venganza24 veces en el libro
When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/querido, amado, bienamado24 veces en el libro
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/caracterizado por o que siente profunda aflicción o angustia23 veces en el libro
I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
anguish/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/angustia, congoja23 veces en el libro
… and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
hop/ˈhɑp/esperanza23 veces en el libro
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblor, temblequera, vibración23 veces en el libro
It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/salir, partir, irse23 veces en el libro
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there …
sympathy/ˈsɪmpəθi/capacidad de compartir los sentimientos de otro23 veces en el libro
… while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
conceive/kənˈsiv/concebir23 veces en el libro
Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
vengeance/ˈvɛndʒəns/venganza21 veces en el libro
“Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
utter/ˈətɝ/completo, absoluto, perfecto21 veces en el libro
Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/dar a conocer, familiarizar, presentar20 veces en el libro
You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment.
commence/kəˈmɛns/empezar, comenzar, decentar20 veces en el libro
These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates …
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/pesar, pena, acíbar20 veces en el libro
… in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar20 veces en el libro
you will exclaim.
creator/kɹiˈeɪtɝ/creador, creadora19 veces en el libro
We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/melancolía, engurrio18 veces en el libro
… his full-toned voice swells in my ears; his lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin hand raised in animation …
procure/pɹoʊkˈjʊɹ/procurar18 veces en el libro
… but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant’s house.
consolation/ˌkɑnsəˈɫeɪʃən/consolación, consuelo18 veces en el libro
This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/continuadamente, continuamente18 veces en el libro
… my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose, nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of the region towards which we are advancing …
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/inocencia18 veces en el libro
How much more a murdered that could destroy radiant innocence!
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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