_Debe estar el valor de acuerdo con la prudencia._[23]
--NUÑEZ DE ARCE.
=67.= The verb _to please_ meaning _to give pleasure to_ is rendered
=agradar a=; meaning _to satisfy_ it is translated =contentar=; meaning _to
want to_, _be willing to_ it is usually rendered =querer=, though it may
be translated as in (_a_).
_It pleased him very much to hear that we had arrived safe and sound._
=Le agradó muchísimo saber que habíamos llegado salvo y sano.=
_Do what I may I never manage to please her._
=Haga lo que hiciere nunca logro contentarla.=
_Ask him if he will please come and help me._
=Pregúntele si quiere venir a ayudarme.=
(_a_) _Please_ used in the imperative is translated by one of the
following expressions: =haga el favor de=, =tenga la bondad de=;
=sírvase=. Of these the first two are considered the more formally
courteous. All are followed by the infinitive.
_Please be quiet._
=Hágame el favor de callar.=--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Waiter, please open the window._
=Mozo, sírvase abrir la ventana.=
_Note._--In curter familiar speech, the word =favor= alone may be
used.
_Please answer at once._
=Favor de contestar en seguida.=
=68.= The verb _to mean_, signifying _to intend_, is rendered =tener la
intención de= or =proponerse=.
_He means to finish the work without any one's helping him._
=Se propone= (=tiene la intención de=) =acabar el trabajo sin que nadie le
ayude.=
(_a_) In the sense of _to wish to say_, _mean_ is translated =querer
decir=.
_What does this word mean?_
=¿Qué quiere decir esta palabra?=
When _I mean_ introduces a qualifying phrase, it is often rendered
=digo=, _I say_.
_They call her little Pilar. I wish they'd call me little Pilar--I
mean, little Antonio._
=La llaman Pilarcita. ¡Si me llamasen a mí Pilarcita--digo,
Antoñito!=
--ECHEGARAY.
(_b_) _Not to mean to do something_ is generally rendered by =hacer algo
sin querer=.
_I'm sorry I broke the window. I didn't mean to._
=Yo siento haber quebrado el vidriero. Lo he hecho sin querer.=
(_c_) _To mean_ in the sense of _to dare_ is rendered =atreverse=.
_What do you mean by talking to me in that way?_
=¿Cómo se atreve Vd. hablarme de esta manera?=
=69.= _Without_ is translated =sin=, except when it introduces a verbal noun
in _-ing_, modified by a possessive. In this case, _without_ is rendered
by the conjunction =sin que=, the English verbal noun becomes in Spanish a
verb in the subjunctive mode and its possessive modifier becomes the
subject of the clause.
_He went away without looking at her and without her looking at him._
=Se marchó sin mirarla y sin que ella le mirara a él.=
--BLASCO IBÁÑEZ.
_I won't go without saying good-by to you._
=No iré sin decirte adios.=--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=70.= =EXERCISES=
(=a=) 1. Dígales que hagan el favor de pasar a la sala. 2. ¿Quiere Vd.
hacerme el favor de plancharme este traje? 3. Sírvase Vd. decir al señor
que yo le espero en mi despacho. 4. La representación nos ha agradado
muchísimo. 5. ¡Vaya un tonto! ¿Tendrá la intención de quedar aquí? 6.
Sabe tocar el violin, digo, el piano. 7. ¡Este sí que la contentará! 8.
No debes llorar sin que yo sepa porqué lloras. 9. Mientras llueve no
salimos sin paraguas. 10. No salgas sin que yo te dé permiso.
(_b_) 1. Please tell him that I'm waiting for him. 2. Do you think this
will please him? 3. Don't go without me, please. 4. What do you mean by
eating all the candy! 5. It will be impossible for us to go without
their seeing us. 6. They have three daughters, I mean, two daughters and
one son. 7. Please come as soon as you can if you can come without
bringing the others. 8. I didn't mean to do that; please forgive me. 9.
He means that if you mean to do that without your father's knowing it
you will have to hurry. 10. He wrote without thinking that it was
impossible for him to write without my knowing it.