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19 - Past participles used as nouns/Participios de pasado con función de sustantivos

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Summary

Below is a passage illustrating the use of past participles as nouns. A pregnant woman is apparently kidnapped by a well-known individual, who is doubtless harmless and gives up his victim for a packet of cigarettes.

Al inspector Cuervo le acompañaba una pareja de uniformados; decían que el evadido era muy peligroso. Otro detenido había confesado su escondrijo (hiding-place). El comisario, un licenciado en psicología muy precavido, que conocía muy bien el perfil psicológico del imputado, había obligado a su subordinado Cuervo a tomar precauciones. Sabían que tenía una secuestrada: una embarazada, por más señas.

  1. –Cuervo, reconozca terreno mientras llega el Grupo de Operaciones Especiales. No se arriesgue y deje actuar a los capacitados –había dicho el comisario, como sifuera un rezagado (behind the times), un fósil, a muchos años luz de aquellos “polis” (cops) armados hasta los dientes.

Al llegar los expertos, hallaron a Cuervo con sus dos policías y una joven. Ante el estupor de los recién llegados con cascos, chalecos y visores nocturnos, Cuervo dijo: –Esta señora es la liberada. El implicado, El Chino, es un viejo conocido; fuma como una locomotora, y como me imaginaba que tendría el “mono” (would have withdrawal symptoms) por falta de tabaco, he ido a hablar con él y he intercambiado a la afectada por un paquete de cigarrillos.

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Print publication year: 2010

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