y sin embargo prefería no llorar

English translation: and yet she chose not to cry

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Spanish term or phrase:	y sin embargo prefería no llorar
English translation:	and yet she chose not to cry
Entered by:	chica nueva

00:33 Aug 9, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: y sin embargo prefería no llorar

Usted apareció hace un año y medio, pero el Viejo se emborrachaba desde hace mucho más, y no bien agarró ese vicio nos empezó a pegar a los tres. A Mirta y a mí nos daba con el cinto, duele bastante, pero a mamá le pegaba con el puño cerrado. Porque sí nomás, sin mayor motivo: porque la sopa estaba demasiado caliente, o porque estaba demasiado fría, o porque no lo había esperado despierta hasta las tres de la madrugada, o porque tenía los ojos hinchados de tanto llorar. Después, con el tiempo, mamá dejó de llorar. Yo no sé como hacía, pero cuando él le pegaba, ella ni siquiera se mordía los labios, y no lloraba, y eso al Viejo le daba todavía más rabia. Ella era consciente de eso, y sin embargo prefería no llorar.

'Réquiem con tostadas' (Mario Benedetti 1920-2009)

http://books.google.cl/books?id=iW5xqNhJowYC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA8...

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and yet she preferred not to cry

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and yet she preferred not to cry

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even so, she preferred not to cry

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and yet she preferred not to cry

Blanca Collazo
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even so, she preferred not to cry

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