Peter Pan: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Las 40 palabras que J. M. Barrie repite una y otra vez en «Peter Pan» 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.
fairy/ˈfɛɹi/hada, fada40 veces en el libro
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
nursery/ˈnɝsɝi/guardería, nido40 veces en el libro
Of course her kennel was in the nursery.
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, bucanero34 veces en el libro
“There’s a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us,” Peter told him.
redskin/ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/piel roja33 veces en el libro
I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”
lagoon/ɫəˈɡun/laguna, albufera, albariza30 veces en el libro
John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
crocodile/ˈkɹɑkəˌdaɪɫ/cocodrilo, crocodilo25 veces en el libro
When they have passed, comes the last figure of all, a gigantic crocodile.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que22 veces en el libro
It happened to be Nana’s evening off, and Mrs. Darling had bathed them and sung to them till one by one they had let go her hand and slid away into the land of sleep.
kennel/ˈkɛnəɫ/perrera, caseta, cucha18 veces en el libro
Then she gave Mr. Darling such a look, not an angry look: she showed him the great red tear that makes us so sorry for noble dogs, and crept into her kennel.
crow/ˈkɹoʊ/cacarear18 veces en el libro
he crowed rapturously, “oh, the cleverness of me!”
tick/ˈtɪk/tictac18 veces en el libro
… “that crocodile would have had me before this, but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it, and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt.”
mermaid/ˈmɝˌmeɪd/bestión, bicha, nereida16 veces en el libro
“And, Wendy, there are mermaids.”
nest/ˈnɛst/nido16 veces en el libro
… particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs …
claw/ˈkɫɔ/arañar14 veces en el libro
“He has an iron hook instead of a right hand, and he claws with it.”
silly/ˈsɪɫi/absurdo, bobo, insensato14 veces en el libro
To this Tink replied in these words, “You silly ass,” and disappeared into the bathroom.
peep/ˈpip/espiar, husmear13 veces en el libro
… and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar13 veces en el libro
Wendy exclaimed.
arrow/ˈæɹoʊ/flecha, saeta13 veces en el libro
“Where all the arrows are pointing.”
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/terriblemente12 veces en el libro
They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter …
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/bravo, valiente12 veces en el libro
Wendy said “tea first” quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude, but the braver John hesitated.
stern/ˈstɝn/severo, adusto, apremiante11 veces en el libro
He thought Mrs. Darling was not sufficiently impressed, and he went on sternly, “I warn you of this …
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/plancha11 veces en el libro
“We will seize the children and carry them to the boat: the boys we will make walk the plank, and Wendy shall be our mother.”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/cajón, gaveta11 veces en el libro
It is quite like tidying up drawers.
frightfully/ˈfɹaɪtfəɫi/terriblemente10 veces en el libro
Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable …
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/empavorecedor, empavoreciente, espantoso10 veces en el libro
They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.
chimney/ˈtʃɪmni/chimenea10 veces en el libro
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/temblar9 veces en el libro
“John,” he said, shuddering, “it’s most beastly stuff.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/aclamar, ovacionar, victorear9 veces en el libro
“I am back,” he said hotly, “why do you not cheer?”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/molestar, estorbar, importunar9 veces en el libro
She hung it out at the window, meaning “He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children.”
beast/ˈbist/bestia, fiera9 veces en el libro
… black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and above all …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/color8 veces en el libro
It was the colour of milk; but the children did not have their father’s sense of humour, and they looked at him reproachfully as he poured the medicine into Nana’s bowl.
heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/desalmado, cruel8 veces en el libro
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are …
dagger/ˈdæɡɝ/puñal, daga, serranil8 veces en el libro
Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/hueco, ahuecado, hundido8 veces en el libro
Look closely, however, and you may note that there are here seven large trees, each with a hole in its hollow trunk as large as a boy.
dart/ˈdɑɹt/dardo8 veces en el libro
… no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
mainland/ˈmeɪnˌɫænd/continente8 veces en el libro
They examined the mushroom, which was of a size and solidity unknown on the mainland; they tried to pull it up …
bark/ˈbɑɹk/ladrido8 veces en el libro
Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana’s bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter …
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo8 veces en el libro
In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/no feliz8 veces en el libro
“That is not Nana’s unhappy bark,” she said, little guessing what was about to happen; “that is her bark when she smells danger.”
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/hacer que se sienta confundido o desconcertado porque no puede entender un asunto complicado, un problema, etc. desconcertar8 veces en el libro
… one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more …
sword/ˈsɔɹd/espada, tizona8 veces en el libro
… but she herself slept that night in the little house, and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword, for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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