A Feiticeira de Sintra
Uma feiticeira de Sintra transforma um príncipe orgulhoso em rã e ele aprende humildade ao ajudar um agricultor pobre.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
O príncipe Afonso chega às serras de Sintra com os seus cavaleiros, caça nos campos e deixa os lavradores sem colheita. Quando os aldeões se queixam, ele ri. "Os campos são do rei, logo são meus," diz. A feiticeira que vive numa quinta velha no cimo da serra ouve tudo.
Prince Afonso arrives at the hills of Sintra with his knights, hunts in the fields and leaves the farmers without a harvest. When the villagers complain, he laughs. "The fields belong to the king, so they belong to me," he says. The sorceress who lives in an old farmhouse at the top of the hill hears everything.
Na noite seguinte, a feiticeira aparece diante do príncipe. "Eras orgulhoso como um pavão," diz ela. "Vais aprender o que é ser pequeno." Com um gesto da mão, transforma-o numa rã. "Voltarás à tua forma quando tiveres ajudado alguém sem receber nada em troca."
The following night, the sorceress appears before the prince. "You were proud as a peacock," she says. "You will learn what it means to be small." With a gesture of her hand, she transforms him into a frog. "You will return to your form when you have helped someone without receiving anything in return."
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feiticeira | sorceress, witch |
| príncipe | prince |
| Afonso | Afonso (male name) |
| chegar | to arrive |
| chega | arrives (3rd person present of chegar) |
| serras | mountains, mountain ranges (plural of serra) |
| serra | mountain range |
| Sintra | Sintra (town near Lisbon) |
| seus | his, her, their (masculine plural possessive) |
| cavaleiros | knights (plural of cavaleiro) |
| caça | hunt; hunting |
| campos | fields (plural of campo) |
| deixar | to leave, to let |
| deixa | leaves, lets (3rd person present of deixar) |
| lavradores | farmers (plural of lavrador) |
| lavrador | farmer (traditional) |
| sem | without |
| colheita | harvest, crop |
| aldeões | villagers (plural of aldeão) |
| queixar-se | to complain |
| queixam | complain (3rd person plural present of queixar-se) |
| ri | laughs (3rd person present of rir) |
| rir | to laugh |
| rei | king |
| logo | therefore; soon |
| meus | mine, my (masculine plural) |
| diz | says (3rd person present of dizer) |
| dizer | to say, to tell |
| vive | lives (3rd person present of viver) |
| viver | to live |
| quinta | farm, estate |
| velha | old (feminine) |
| velho | old (masculine) |
| cimo | top, summit |
| ouve | hears (3rd person present of ouvir) |
| ouvir | to hear, to listen |
| tudo | everything |
| agora | now |
| rã | frog |
| salta | jumps (3rd person present of saltar) |
| saltar | to jump |
| durante | during, for (time) |
| semanas | weeks (plural of semana) |
| lama | mud |
| ribeiros | streams, brooks (plural of ribeiro) |
| come | eats (3rd person present of comer) |
| comer | to eat |
| insectos | insects (plural of insecto) |
| sobrevive | survives (3rd person present of sobreviver) |
| sobreviver | to survive |
| dificuldade | difficulty |
| com dificuldade | with difficulty |
| dia | day |
| um dia | one day |
| encontrar | to find, to meet |
| encontra | finds, meets (3rd person present of encontrar) |
| agricultor | farmer |
| cujos | whose (masculine plural relative pronoun) |
| bois | oxen (plural of boi) |
| fugir | to flee, to run away |
| fugiram | fled (3rd person plural past of fugir) |
| conseguir | to manage, to be able to |
| consegue | manages, is able (3rd person present of conseguir) |
| ir | to go |
| buscar | to fetch, to go get |
| ir buscar | to go get, to fetch |
| trigo | wheat |
| ficou | stayed, remained (3rd person past of ficar) |
| ficar | to stay, to remain |
| campo | field |
| antes | before |
| antes de | before (preposition) |
| chuva | rain |
| poder | to be able to; power |
| fazer | to do, to make |
| grande | big, great |
| coisa | thing |
| assusta | scares, frightens (3rd person present of assustar) |
| assustar | to scare, to frighten |
| corvos | crows, ravens (plural of corvo) |
| corvo | crow, raven |
| estavam | were (3rd person plural imperfect of estar) |
| estar | to be (state/location) |
| sementes | seeds (plural of semente) |
| coaxar | to croak |
| coaxa | croaks (3rd person present of coaxar) |
| horas | hours (plural of hora) |
| descanso | rest |
| sem descanso | without rest, tirelessly |
| falar | to speak, to talk |
| fala | speaks, talks (3rd person present of falar) |
| não | no, not |
| acontecer | to happen |
| aconteceu | happened (3rd person past of acontecer) |
| mandar | to order, to send |
| manda | orders, sends (3rd person present of mandar) |
| construir | to build |
| celeiro | barn, granary |
| proibir | to forbid, to prohibit |
| proíbe | forbids (3rd person present of proibir) |
| acham | find, think (3rd person plural present of achar) |
| achar | to find, to think (opinion) |
| estranho | strange, odd |
| explicar | to explain |
| explica | explains (3rd person present of explicar) |
| há | there is, there are |
| coisas | things (plural of coisa) |
| só | only; alone |
| compreender | to understand |
| compreendem | understand (3rd person plural present of compreender) |
| recuperar | to recover, to regain |
| forma | form, shape |
| humana | human (feminine adjective) |
| ajudar | to help |
| ajuda | helps (3rd person present of ajudar); help (noun) |
| depois | after, afterwards |
| depois de | after (preposition) |
| pavão | peacock |
| transformar | to transform |
| transformo | I transform (1st person present of transformar) |
| transformas | you transform (2nd person present of transformar) |
| transforma | transforms (3rd person present of transformar) |
| transformamos | we transform (1st person plural present of transformar) |
| transformam | they transform (3rd person plural present of transformar) |
| transformei | I transformed (1st person past of transformar) |
| transformaste | you transformed (2nd person past of transformar) |
| transformou | transformed (3rd person past of transformar) |
| transformámos | we transformed (1st person plural past of transformar) |
| transformaram | they transformed (3rd person plural past of transformar) |
| transformarei | I will transform (1st person future of transformar) |
| transformarás | you will transform (2nd person future of transformar) |
| transformará | will transform (3rd person future of transformar) |
| transformaremos | we will transform (1st person plural future of transformar) |
| transformarão | they will transform (3rd person plural future of transformar) |
| transformando | transforming (gerund of transformar) |
| transformado | transformed (past participle of transformar) |
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