Be Yourself · Sé tú mismo
Be Yourself · Sé tú mismo. A Spanish reading passage with English translation and a vocabulary list.
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Original text
No te amagues con máscaras. Deja que tu risa sea fuerte, tus ideas claras, tus defectos parte de la historia. El mundo no necesita otra réplica, sino tu voz única. Atrévete a ser diferente: a equivocarte, a crecer, a brillar sin pedir permiso. La bravura no es la ausencia de miedo, sino caminar a pesar de él.
Parallel translation
No te amagues con máscaras.
Don't hide behind masks.
Deja que tu risa sea fuerte, tus ideas claras, tus defectos parte de la historia.
Let your laughter be loud, your ideas clear and your flaws part of the story.
El mundo no necesita otra réplica, sino tu voz única.
The world doesn't need another copy, but your unique voice.
Atrévete a ser diferente: a equivocarte, a crecer, a brillar sin pedir permiso.
Dare to be different: to make mistakes, to grow and to shine without asking for permission.
La bravura no es la ausencia de miedo, sino caminar a pesar de él.
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but walking on despite it.
Vocabulary
- No
- no; not
- te
- you (object pronoun)
- amagues
- to hide; to conceal (subjunctive)
- con
- with; using
- máscaras
- masks
- Deja
- to let; to leave
- que
- that; which; what (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- tu
- your
- risa
- laughter
- sea
- to be (subjunctive)
- fuerte
- strong; loud
- tus
- your (plural possessed items)
- ideas
- idea; thought
- claras
- clear (feminine plural)
- defectos
- flaw; imperfection
- parte
- part
- de
- of; from; by
- la
- the (feminine definite article)
- historia
- story
- El
- the (masculine definite article)
- mundo
- world
- necesita
- to need
- otra
- another; other
- réplica
- copy; replica
- sino
- but rather
- voz
- sound
- única
- unique; one of a kind
- Atrévete
- to dare
- a
- to; at; used with certain verbs
- ser
- to be; to become
- diferente
- different
- equivocarte
- to make a mistake
- crecer
- to grow
- brillar
- to shine; to sparkle
- sin
- without
- pedir
- to ask for
- permiso
- permission
- bravura
- bravery; courage
- es
- is; to be
- ausencia
- to be missing; to be absent
- miedo
- to fear
- caminar
- to walk
- pesar
- despite; weight