Hey, there!<\/p>\n
A friend of mine used to say, “Too much thunder, too little rain” to indicate that someone’s bark is worse than their bite, meaning that people who talk a lot, usually agressively, don’t take much action and are usually superficial.<\/p>\n
I was thinking about this these days and I remembered one text I had read some years ago, in Spanish, so I decided to share it with you today.<\/p>\n
So here’s a little food for thought in Spanish for you.<\/p>\n
La Carreta Vac\u00eda<\/strong><\/p>\n Cuando era ni\u00f1o mi padre me llev\u00f3 un d\u00eda a dar un paseo por el bosque. Se detuvo en un claro y tras un minuto de silencio me pregunt\u00f3:<\/em><\/p>\n – Adem\u00e1s del canto de los p\u00e1jaros, \u00bfescuchas alguna otra cosa?<\/em><\/p>\n Aguc\u00e9 el o\u00eddo y contest\u00e9:<\/em><\/p>\n – Oigo el ruido de una carreta.<\/em><\/p>\n – Perfectamente, dijo mi padre. Una carreta vac\u00eda.<\/em><\/p>\n Admirado le pregunt\u00e9:<\/em><\/p>\n – \u00bfC\u00f3mo sabes que est\u00e1 vacia si todav\u00eda no la hemos visto?<\/em><\/p>\n – Ja, es muy f\u00e1cil saber cuando una carreta est\u00e1 vac\u00eda por el ruido. Cuando m\u00e1s vac\u00eda, m\u00e1s ruido hace.<\/em><\/p>\n Los a\u00f1os han pasado y hasta la fecha, cuando veo a una persona que habla demasiado, a los gritos, con prepotencia y tratando de intimidar, que interrumpe a todos y pretende tener siempre raz\u00f3n, oigo la voz de mi padre: “Cuanto m\u00e1s vacia la carreta, m\u00e1s ruido hace…”<\/em><\/p>\n dar un paseo<\/strong> = to take a walk Well, I hope I can llenar tu carreta<\/em> a little bit with every post I write here! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 tengas mucho \u00e9xito, siempre!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, there! A friend of mine used to say, “Too much thunder, too little rain” to indicate that someone’s bark is worse than their bite, meaning that people who talk a lot, usually agressively, don’t take much action and are usually superficial. I was thinking about this these days and I remembered one text I…<\/p>\n
\nbosque<\/strong> = woods
\nse detuvo<\/strong> = he stopped
\nclaro<\/strong> = clearing
\ntras<\/strong> = after
\nadem\u00e1s<\/strong> = besides
\ncanto<\/strong> = singing
\naguc\u00e9 el o\u00eddo<\/strong> = I listened carefully
\ncarreta<\/strong> = wagon
\nadmirado<\/strong> = astonished
\ntodav\u00eda<\/strong> = still, yet
\ncuanto m\u00e1s… m\u00e1s…<\/strong> = the more… the more…
\nhasta la fecha<\/strong> = to date, so far
\ndemasiado<\/strong> = too much
\na los gritos<\/strong> = at the top of one’s voice
\nprepotencia<\/strong> = arrogance
\ntratando de<\/strong> = trying to
\npretende tener<\/strong> = tries\/wants to have<\/p>\n