Translation for "fish-wife" to spanish

Fish-wife

noun

• pescadera
• verdulera

Translation examples

pescadera noun

“Hardship,” the fish-wife replied.
– Por las penurias -respondió la pescadera.

“I suppose these would be the fish-wife’s daughters in disguise?”
—Y supongo que éstas serán las hijas de la pescadera disfrazadas.

The fish-wife stood behind her and pounded her on the back.
La pescadera se situó tras ella y le golpeó la espalda.

They went out to the bank, and the fish-wife called for Harry.
Se dirigieron a la orilla y la pescadera llamó al tal Harry.

The fish-wife leaned over and touched the edge of Mary’s dress.
-La pescadera se inclinó y tocó los bajos del vestido de Mary-.

For all I know there’s nothing in between those metal plates but a fish-wife’s tally sheet.”
Por lo que sé, entre esas placas de metal no hay nada más que una cuenta de pescadera.

The fish-wife took Mary into a hut, used by the fishermen as storage for their tackle, and William followed.
La pescadera condujo a Mary hasta una cabaña que los pescadores usaban para guardar los aparejos y William la siguió.

Two watermen, and a fish-wife, put out their arms when they reached the shore and hauled them on to the dry bank.
Cuando llegaron a la orilla, dos barqueros y una pescadera extendieron los brazos y los acarrearon hasta la ribera seca.

verdulera noun

He was as dizzy as if Margaret, instead of looking, and speaking, and moving like a tender graceful woman, had been a sturdy fish-wife, and given him a sound blow with her fists.
Se sentía tan mareado como si Margaret, en vez de mostrarse, hablar y actuar como una joven tierna y delicada, hubiera sido una verdulera robusta y le hubiera dado unos buenos puñetazos.