📘 Bilingual Vocabulary Table – Steinbeck Text
| English Term / Phrase | Spanish Translation |
|---|---|
| from the ranches | desde los ranchos |
| split-wedge tracks | huellas en forma de cuña dividida |
| deer | ciervo |
| drink in the dark | beber en la oscuridad |
| path through the willows | sendero entre los sauces |
| among the sycamores | entre los sicomoros |
| beaten hard | muy pisado / desgastado |
| tramps | vagabundos / mendigos |
| wearily | con cansancio |
| jungle-up near water | acampar cerca del agua (término coloquial) |
| limb of a giant sycamore | rama de un sicomoro gigante |
| ash pile | montón de cenizas |
| smooth by men who have sat on it | alisada por hombres que se han sentado allí |
| little wind | brisa suave |
| shade climbed up the hills | la sombra subía por las colinas |
| sand banks | orillas arenosas |
| rabbits sat as quietly as stones | los conejos se sentaban tan quietos como piedras |
| footsteps on crisp sycamore leaves | pasos sobre hojas secas de sicomoro |
| noiselessly for cover | silenciosamente para ocultarse |
| stilted heron labored up into the air | una garza torpe se elevó al aire |
| pounded down river | se precipitó río abajo |
| lifeless | sin vida |
| emerged from the path | salieron del sendero |
| opening by the green pool | claro junto a la poza verde |
| walked in single file | caminaron en fila india |
| stayed behind | se quedó atrás |
| denim trousers and denim coats | pantalones y chaquetas de mezclilla (jean) |
📗 Expanded Vocabulary – Steinbeck (Page 4)
| English Word / Phrase | Spanish Translation | Type / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ranches | ranchos | noun (plural) |
| with the split-wedge tracks of deer | con las huellas en forma de cuña del ciervo | imagery / nature |
| come to drink | vienen a beber | verb phrase |
| willows | sauces | noun (tree species) |
| sycamores | sicomoros | noun (tree species) |
| boys coming down | muchachos bajando | action description |
| swim in the deep pool | nadar en la poza profunda | verb phrase |
| evening | atardecer | noun (time of day) |
| tramp | vagabundo / trotamundos | noun (colloquial for drifter) |
| jungle-up | acampar (coloquial del oeste estadounidense) | idiomatic verb |
| low horizontal limb | rama baja y horizontal | noun phrase |
| sat on it | se sentaban sobre ella | verb phrase (past tense) |
| hot day | día caluroso | noun phrase |
| little wind | brisa suave / ligera | noun phrase |
| moving among the leaves | moviéndose entre las hojas | verb phrase |
| climbed up the hills | subió por las colinas | verb phrase |
| quietly as little gray, sculptured stones | en silencio como pequeñas piedras esculpidas | poetic simile |
| in the direction of | en la dirección de | prepositional phrase |
| sound of footsteps | sonido de pasos | noun phrase |
| crisp sycamore leaves | hojas crujientes de sicomoro | adjective + noun |
| labored up into the air | se elevó con esfuerzo al aire | verb phrase |
| pounded down river | se precipitó río abajo | phrasal verb (motion) |
| for a moment | por un momento | time expression |
| lifeless | sin vida | adjective |
| two men emerged | aparecieron dos hombres | verb phrase (past tense) |
| came into the opening | entraron en el claro | verb phrase |
| by the green pool | junto a la poza verde | prepositional phrase |
| single file | fila india | noun phrase |
| even in the open | incluso al aire libre | adverbial phrase |
| behind the other | detrás del otro | prepositional phrase |
| denim | mezclilla / tela vaquera | noun (fabric) |
| trousers | pantalones | noun (British English usage) |
| coats | chaquetas | noun |
