Persuasión: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Persuasion
Las 40 palabras que Jane Austen repite una y otra vez en «Persuasión» 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.
acquaintance/əˈkweɪntəns/amistad, conocimiento, junta61 veces en el libro
This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que50 veces en el libro
… and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen.
agreeable/əˈɡɹiəbəɫ/agradable, grato, lisonjero38 veces en el libro
He was at that time a very young man, just engaged in the study of the law; and Elizabeth found him extremely agreeable, and every plan in his favour was confirmed.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obligar38 veces en el libro
But these measures, however good in themselves, were insufficient for the real extent of the evil, the whole of which Sir Walter found himself obliged to confess to her soon afterwards.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida36 veces en el libro
Lady Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible and amiable; whose judgement and conduct, if they might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which made her Lady Elliot, had never required indulgence afterwards.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/dar a conocer, familiarizar, presentar27 veces en el libro
A name that I am so very well acquainted with; knew the gentleman so well by sight …
sensible/ˈsɛnsəbəɫ/sensato, razonable, sesudo27 veces en el libro
… one very intimate friend, a sensible, deserving woman …
attachment/əˈtætʃmənt/archivo adjunto, adjunto, anejo27 veces en el libro
His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to anything deserved by his own.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa26 veces en el libro
The last office of the four carriage-horses was to draw Sir Walter, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay to Bath.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad26 veces en el libro
Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting, and the rapid increase of the crow’s foot about Lady Russell’s temples had long been a distress to him.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/complacer, delectar, deleitar25 veces en el libro
Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society.
regret/ɹəˈɡɹɛt/arrepentimiento, pesar, compunción23 veces en el libro
She had the remembrance of all this, she had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of being still quite as handsome as ever …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra21 veces en el libro
… for Mary had merely connected herself with an old country family of respectability and large fortune, and had therefore given all the honour and received none: Elizabeth would …
dispose/dɪˈspoʊz/deshacerse19 veces en el libro
There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto19 veces en el libro
… if there has been neither ill health nor anxiety, it is a time of life at which scarcely any charm is lost.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/favor18 veces en el libro
… on his own terms, and as a great favour, that he would let it at all.
agitation/ˌædʒəˈteɪʃən/agitación, desasosiego18 veces en el libro
… and many a sigh, were necessary to dispel the agitation of the idea.
dine/ˈdaɪn/comer18 veces en el libro
… that Mrs. Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when they dined at the Great House with other families; and she did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much at home as to lose her place.
tenant/ˈtɛnənt/arrendatario, inquilino18 veces en el libro
Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
humour/ˈhjumɝ/hacer el favor, seguir la corriente17 veces en el libro
She had humoured, or softened …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/curiosidad17 veces en el libro
… but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again.
invitation/ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/invitación17 veces en el libro
This invitation of Mary’s removed all Lady Russell’s difficulties, and it was consequently soon settled that Anne should not go to Bath till Lady Russell took her …
vain/ˈveɪn/vano, vacuo16 veces en el libro
… but was hearing of it so often, that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer, even partially …
bless/ˈbɫɛs/bendecir16 veces en el libro
He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot …
sentiment/ˈsɛnəmənt/sentimiento16 veces en el libro
… “never forgets who she is; and as I am rather better acquainted with her sentiments than you can be, I can assure you …
recollect/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkt/recordar15 veces en el libro
At this moment I cannot recollect his name, though I have heard it so lately.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/rostro, faz, semblante15 veces en el libro
Captain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance; a little lame; and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/amabilidad, bondad15 veces en el libro
… in the village of Kellynch; and on her kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/disfrute, gozo, holganza15 veces en el libro
… as she travelled up to London with her father, for a few weeks’ annual enjoyment of the great world.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/atemperar, templar, temperar15 veces en el libro
He thought it a very degrading alliance; and Lady Russell, though with more tempered and pardonable pride, received it as a most unfortunate one.
neighbourhood/ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/vecindario14 veces en el libro
Thirteen winters’ revolving frosts had seen her opening every ball of credit which a scanty neighbourhood afforded, and thirteen springs shown their blossoms …
enquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪˌɹi/consulta, investigación, indagación14 veces en el libro
I have made no enquiries, because I concluded you must have been obliged to give up the party.”
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/avergonzado, apenado, abochornado14 veces en el libro
She was ashamed of herself, quite ashamed of being so nervous …
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/intervalo14 veces en el libro
This very awkward history of Mr. Elliot was still, after an interval of several years, felt with anger by Elizabeth …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/sensación14 veces en el libro
She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/instantáneamente, al instante, al tiro14 veces en el libro
… and, instantly rising, said …
recollection/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkʃən/recordación13 veces en el libro
With all these circumstances, recollections and feelings, she could not hear that Captain Wentworth’s sister was likely to live at Kellynch without a revival of former pain …
compliment/ˈkɑmpɫəmɛnt/cumplido, cumplimiento, falago13 veces en el libro
—reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milla12 veces en el libro
… still resident in Kellynch, and Mary fixed only three miles off, must be anticipated …
exertion/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/esfuerzo, ejercicio, ejercitación12 veces en el libro
how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that overanxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
Leer el libro gratisCada oración traducida, audio natural, diccionario con un toque