Lazarillo de Tormes 4 Flashcards
(17 cards)
barely: Lazarillo barely received enough (sufficient) food to live.
apenas: Lazarillo apenas recibió suficiente comida para vivir.
thunder; lightning: As Lazarillo would say much later, he escaped (of) the thunder to enter (in) the lightning.
el trueno; el relámpago: Como diría Lazarillo más tarde, había escapado del trueno para entrar en el relámpago.
clergyman; mass (religious): Lazarillo started to serve a priest (clergyman), his second master, in [the] mass.
el clérigo; la misa: Lazarillo empezó a servir al clérigo, su segundo amo, en misa.
the clergyman; greedy; every four days: The clergyman was more greedy than the blindman. He gave the lad one onion every four days to eat (gave to (of) eat…).
el clérigo; avaro; cada cuatro días: El clérigo era más avaro que el ciego. Él daba al muchacho de comer una cebolla cada cuatro días.
Lazarillo said, “I have had two masters. And if one was bad, the other is worse. If I now search for a third, hunger will probably kill me.”
Lazarillo dijo, -He tenido dos amos. Y si uno era malo, el otro es peor. Si ahora busco a un tercero, probablemente me matará de hambre.-
chest, ark; to keep: The clergyman kept bread in a chest.
el arca; guardar: El clérigo guardaba pan en un arca.
the chest, arc: Lazarillo stole the bread from the chest and ate it.
El arca: Lazarillo robó el pan del arca y se lo comió.
The clergyman counted the [loaves of] bread and noted that various ones were missing.
El clérigo contó los panes y notó que faltaban varios.
to crumble; the crumb: Lazarillo crumbled various [loaves of] bread as if they had been eaten by rats.
desmigajar; la migaja: Lazarillo desmigajó varios panes como si hubieran sido comidos por ratones.
mousetrap; to arm: The clergyman asked for a mousetrap from the neighbor and armed it with cheese.
la ratonera; armar: El clérigo pidió una ratonera del vecino y la armó con queso.
Lazarillo ate the bread and the cheese.
Lazarillo comió el pan y el queso.
The clergyman told Lazarillo: “Look for [a] master and go with God!”
El clérigo le dijo: –¡Busca amo y vete con Dios!
from door to (in) door; to beg, ask for alms: Lazarillo went from door to door begging (to ask for alms).
de puerta en puerta; pedir limosna: Lazarillo iba de puerta en puerta a pedir limosna.
squire: Lazarillo’s third master was a squire.
el escudero: El tercer amo de Lazarillo era escudero.
The squire said to him: “Come with me. You’re lucky you met me.”
El escudero le dijo –Ven conmigo. Tienes buena suerte al encontrarme.
go (imperative, impersonal) for water: jar (jug, pitcher): “I’m going to hear mass. Make the bed and go for water with the jar (jug, pitcher).”
ve por agua; la jarra: –Voy a oír misa. Haz la cama y ve por agua con la jarra.
town crier: Finally Lazarillo worked as a town crier and a wine seller. He got married.
el criador: Finalmente Lazarillo trabajó como criador y vendedor de vino. Se casó.
