El príncipe y el mendigo: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Prince and the Pauper
Las 40 palabras que Mark Twain repite una y otra vez en «El príncipe y el mendigo» 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/tú206 veces en el libro
“Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!”
thee/ˈði/te, ti137 veces en el libro
“Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir.”
prince/ˈpɹɪns/príncipe, infante100 veces en el libro
… and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/señor65 veces en el libro
… unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him—and not caring, either.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/real50 veces en el libro
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court!
rag/ˈɹæɡ/harapo, andrajo, trapo40 veces en el libro
But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que36 veces en el libro
and so bravely dressed!—and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ’tis so fine to see …
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/mientras, mientras que34 veces en el libro
My mother died whilst I was yet a boy.
palace/ˈpæɫəs/palacio34 veces en el libro
… lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond—Westminster.
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/gracia, donaire30 veces en el libro
Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it.
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ahora28 veces en el libro
… also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/murmurar, mascullar28 veces en el libro
He kept muttering to himself, “Offal Court—that is the name …
clothe/ˈkɫoʊð/vestir, arropar25 veces en el libro
They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant.
throne/ˈθɹoʊn/trono, solio25 veces en el libro
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar24 veces en el libro
Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed—
crown/ˈkɹaʊn/corona24 veces en el libro
… with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!”
doth/ˈdɔθ/hace23 veces en el libro
How doth thy mother use thee?”
hermit/ˈhɝmət/ermitaño21 veces en el libro
The Prince and the hermit.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/adoración, culto, veneración21 veces en el libro
“Neither to any other is she, so please your worship.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/noble21 veces en el libro
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
liege/ˈɫidʒ/súbdito de un soberano o señor20 veces en el libro
“But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege?
cease/ˈsis/terminar, cesar, parar20 veces en el libro
The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.
mock/ˈmɑk/simulacro18 veces en el libro
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council …
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante18 veces en el libro
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/dignidad18 veces en el libro
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity—
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/a ti mismo17 veces en el libro
Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?”
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra17 veces en el libro
Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours?
majesty/ˈmædʒəsti/majestad17 veces en el libro
“I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty.”
bow/ˈbaʊ/reverencia, inclinación, agobio17 veces en el libro
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade …
princely/ˈpɹɪnsɫi/principesco, regio16 veces en el libro
By-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously.
wrought/ˈɹɔt/labrado, preparado, trabajado16 veces en el libro
that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know—and where he faileth he shall hold his peace …
thine/ˈðaɪn/tu, tuya, tuyo16 veces en el libro
If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet …
multitude/ˈməɫtəˌtud/multitud16 veces en el libro
… now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas …
royalty/ˈɹɔɪəɫti/realeza16 veces en el libro
… with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
utter/ˈətɝ/perorar, resolgar, resollar16 veces en el libro
It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing.”
noughtnada15 veces en el libro
… whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford …
reign/ˈɹeɪn/reinar15 veces en el libro
He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, “He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign!
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/obedecer15 veces en el libro
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal …
mercy/ˈmɝsi/misericordia, piedad15 veces en el libro
“God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!”
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/delatar, demostrar15 veces en el libro
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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