Translation examples
adjective
The Salamanca Fair is approaching and I'm hoarser than a constipated calf.
Se acerca la feria de Salamanca y voy a ella más ronco que una ternera constipada.
‘Are you shaved?’ he asks in a slightly hoarser voice.
—¿Estás rasurada? —pregunta con la voz un poco ronca.
His voice was a little hoarser than it had been starting out;
Su voz sonaba un poco más ronca que al principio;
He kept sneezing. His voice grew hoarser.
No paraba de estornudar. La voz se le iba volviendo cada vez más ronca.
16 The illegible word might be ‘brays’: the word ‘clearer’ is an emendation from ‘hoarser’.
16 La palabra ilegible podría ser «ruido ronco»;
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