La Odisea: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Odyssey
Las 40 palabras que Homero repite una y otra vez en «La Odisea» 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.
suitor/ˈsutɝ/pretendiente, cortejador, cortejante230 veces en el libro
There she found the lordly suitors seated on hides of the oxen which they had killed and eaten, and playing draughts in front of the house.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que155 veces en el libro
… I know you want to be getting on with your voyage, but stay a little longer till you have taken a bath and refreshed yourself.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/navegar, navegar a vela, hacer velerismo86 veces en el libro
You are indeed wonderfully like him about the head and eyes, for we were close friends before he set sail for Troy where the flower of all the Argives went also.
sheep/ˈʃip/oveja, carnero68 veces en el libro
… and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East.[1] He had gone there to accept a hecatomb of sheep and oxen, and was enjoying himself at his festival …
spear/ˈspɪɹ/lanza, azagaya, venablo65 veces en el libro
He took her right hand in his own, and bade her give him her spear.
maid/ˈmeɪd/sirvienta, criada, chacha63 veces en el libro
A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands, and she drew a clean table beside them.
cloister/ˈkɫɔɪstɝ/claustro60 veces en el libro
When she reached the suitors she stood by one of the bearing posts that supported the roof of the cloisters[8] with a staid maiden on either side of her.
swineherdporquero, porquera59 veces en el libro
They thought he was only away somewhere on the farms, and was with the sheep, or with the swineherd; so Antinous said, “When did he go?
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/palio, pendil, percal57 veces en el libro
Do you think I am so poor and short of clothes, or that I have so few cloaks and as to be unable to find comfortable beds both for myself and for my guests?
whereonen donde55 veces en el libro
“This was what she said, and we assented; whereon we could see her working on her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick the stitches again by torchlight.
goddess/ˈɡɑdəs/diosa, dea53 veces en el libro
… though he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him.
immortal/ˌɪˈmɔɹtəɫ/inmortal46 veces en el libro
How can I forget Ulysses than whom there is no more capable man on earth, nor more liberal in his offerings to the immortal gods that live in heaven?
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/pesar, pena, acíbar45 veces en el libro
“My friend,” answered Nestor, “you recall a time of much sorrow to my mind, for the brave Achaeans suffered much both at sea …
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/bravo, valiente40 veces en el libro
He was sitting moodily among the suitors thinking about his brave father, and how he would send them flying out of the house …
goat/ˈɡoʊt/cabra, chivo40 veces en el libro
… sheep, and fat goats for their banquets, and never giving so much as a thought to the quantity of wine they drink.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/espada, tizona40 veces en el libro
He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ofrecer a una deidad sacrificar, ofrendar38 veces en el libro
You, sir, take no heed of this, and yet when Ulysses was before Troy did he not propitiate you with many a burnt sacrifice?
feast/ˈfist/banquete, festín, almorzada37 veces en el libro
But tell me, and tell me true, what is the meaning of all this feasting, and who are these people?
weep/ˈwip/llorar, lacrimar, lagrimar36 veces en el libro
She held a veil, moreover, before her face, and was weeping bitterly.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/cena36 veces en el libro
… of course, and show the strangers in that they may have supper; you and I have staid often enough at other people’s houses before we got back here …
arrow/ˈæɹoʊ/flecha, saeta36 veces en el libro
He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/viaje, travesía, viajata35 veces en el libro
I have come here with my ship and crew, on a voyage to men of a foreign tongue being bound for Temesa[4] with a cargo of iron, and I shall bring back copper.
armour/ˈɑɹmɝ/armadura33 veces en el libro
… and spread the white sails aloft, while their fine servants brought them their armour.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/noble32 veces en el libro
The Achaeans will find you in everything—a ship and a picked crew to boot—so that you can set sail for Pylos at once and get news of your noble father.”
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/malvado, avieso30 veces en el libro
I would obey you, but the Achaeans, and more particularly the wicked suitors, are hindering me that I cannot do so.”
bronze/ˈbɹɑnz/bronce29 veces en el libro
But Telemachus went down into the lofty and spacious store-room where his father’s treasure of gold and bronze lay heaped up upon the floor, and where the linen and spare clothes were kept in open chests.
bard/ˈbɑɹd/bardo27 veces en el libro
“Mother,” answered Telemachus, “let the bard sing what he has a mind to; bards do not make the ills they sing of …
harbour/ˈhɑɹbɝ/puerto, refugio26 veces en el libro
… it lies over yonder off the open country away from the town, in the harbour Rheithron[5] under the wooded mountain Neritum.[6] Our fathers were friends before us, as old Laertes will tell you …
mast/ˈmæst/mástil, palo26 veces en el libro
They set the mast in its socket in the cross plank, raised it …
perish/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/perecer, fenecer26 veces en el libro
… but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home.
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ahora26 veces en el libro
No matter how far out of the world you live, you will have heard of Agamemnon and the bad end he came to at the hands of Aegisthus—and a fearful reckoning did Aegisthus presently pay.
grieve/ˈɡɹiv/contristarse, desolarse, enlutarse25 veces en el libro
I often grieve, as I sit here in my house, for one and all of them.
mortal/ˈmɔɹtəɫ/mortal25 veces en el libro
… but the gods in their displeasure have willed it otherwise, and have hidden him away more closely than mortal man was ever yet hidden.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/recoger, buscar, ir a buscar25 veces en el libro
… and offered them many good things of what there was in the house, the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats and set cups of gold by their side, and a manservant brought them wine and poured it out for them.
spite/ˈspaɪt/despecho, ojeriza25 veces en el libro
… he let him get safe out of the water, and in spite of all Minerva’s hatred he would have escaped death, if he had not ruined himself by boasting.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/bendecir25 veces en el libro
One can soon see when a man is son to one whom heaven has blessed both as regards wife and offspring—and it has blessed Nestor from first to last all his days, giving him a green old age in his own house …
mischief/ˈmɪstʃəf/picardía, travesura, daño24 veces en el libro
“Hear me, men of Ithaca, and I speak more particularly to the suitors, for I see mischief brewing for them.
escort/ˈɛskɔɹt/escoltar23 veces en el libro
… you can have horses, and here are my sons who can escort you to Lacedaemon where Menelaus lives.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad23 veces en el libro
Our ambuscade would have been intolerable, for the stench of the fishy seals was most distressing[45]—who would go to bed with a sea monster if he could help it?—but here, too …
flock/ˈfɫɑk/acorrer en masa, acudir en tropel, afluir22 veces en el libro
With these words she made them all want to come, and they flocked to the assembly till seats and standing room were alike crowded.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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