La isla del tesoro: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Treasure Island
Las 40 palabras que Robert Louis Stevenson repite una y otra vez en «La isla del tesoro» 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.
squire/ˈskwaɪɹ/escudero, armígero, escudero armífero99 veces en el libro
And, now I come to think of it, I might as well ride round there myself and report to him or squire.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/navegar, navegar a vela, hacer velerismo57 veces en el libro
And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que53 veces en el libro
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/tesoro44 veces en el libro
What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much?”
stockade/ˈstɑˌkeɪd/empalizada, estacada, palizada37 veces en el libro
From the ship we could see nothing of the house or stockade, for they were quite buried among trees …
ashore/əˈʃɔɹ/en tierra37 veces en el libro
… knew all the seafaring men in Bristol, had lost his health ashore, and wanted a good berth as cook to get to sea again.
aboard/əˈbɔɹd/a bordo34 veces en el libro
… I will!—to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands—magistrates and sich—and he’ll lay ’em aboard at the Admiral Benbow—all old Flint’s crew, man and boy …
mate/ˈmeɪt/compañero32 veces en el libro
Much company, mate?”
buccaneer/ˌbəkəˈniɹ/bucanero28 veces en el libro
“It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness …
anchorage/ˈæŋkɝədʒ/fondeadero, anclaje28 veces en el libro
… names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores.
schooner/ˈskunɝ/goleta, escuna28 veces en el libro
You never imagined a sweeter schooner—a child might sail her—two hundred tons; name, Hispaniola.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeración y balance de posibilidades27 veces en el libro
But you’re able to hear, I reckon; leastways, your ears is big enough.
fancy/ˈfænsi/la imaginación27 veces en el libro
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/tronar26 veces en el libro
The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
mutineer/ˌmjutəˈnɪɹ/amotinado24 veces en el libro
There was nothing left for me but death by starvation or death by the hands of the mutineers.
coracle/ˈkɔɹəkəɫ/barca de mimbre24 veces en el libro
I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made …
crutch/ˈkɹətʃ/muleta24 veces en el libro
His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird.
musket/ˈməskət/mosquete23 veces en el libro
‘As for you, Benjamin Gunn,’ says they, ‘here’s a musket,’ they says, ‘and a spade, and pick-axe.
stern/ˈstɝn/severo, adusto, apremiante23 veces en el libro
“Now, Morgan,” said Long John very sternly, “you never clapped your eyes on that Black—Black Dog before, did you, now?”
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/silbar, chiflar, pitar23 veces en el libro
I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
seaman/ˈsimən/marinero21 veces en el libro
When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour …
pistol/ˈpɪstəɫ/pistola21 veces en el libro
All they would do was to give me a loaded pistol lest we were attacked, and to promise to have horses ready saddled in case we were pursued on our return …
tide/ˈtaɪd/marea19 veces en el libro
“Why, by the powers,” cried Long John, “if we do, we’ll miss the morning tide!”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/norte, septentrión18 veces en el libro
… but above all, three crosses of red ink—two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest—and beside this last …
meantime/ˈminˌtaɪm/en tanto, entre tanto, entretanto18 veces en el libro
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/bendecir18 veces en el libro
And here, sure enough, is my mate Bill, with a spy-glass under his arm, bless his old ’art, to be sure.
cutlass/ˈkətɫəs/sable17 veces en el libro
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/marinero, marino, grumete17 veces en el libro
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor’s clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall.
mast/ˈmæst/mástil, palo16 veces en el libro
But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do.
mat/ˈmæt/felpudo, alfombrilla, choapino16 veces en el libro
I been in places hot as pitch, and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes—what do the doctor know of lands like that?—and I lived on rum …
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/rugir, bramar16 veces en el libro
On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms …
anchor/ˈæŋkɝ/ancla, áncora, anclote16 veces en el libro
She lies at anchor, ready for sea.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/brisa, alisio, vahaje16 veces en el libro
and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/color15 veces en el libro
He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible colour.
coxswaintimonero, timonel15 veces en el libro
And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/milla14 veces en el libro
Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast.
gig/ˈɡɪɡ/giga14 veces en el libro
A turn ashore’ll hurt nobody—the boats are still in the water; you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon.
spit/ˈspɪt/de la boca, etc. escupir, esputar14 veces en el libro
It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air.
haul/ˈhɔɫ/empujar, tirar fuerte14 veces en el libro
“We was a-talkin’ of keel-hauling,” answered Morgan.
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil14 veces en el libro
That doctor’s a fool, I tell you.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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