Skip to main content

Literary Fables: read in Spanish (B2)

Read Iriarte’s Fábulas literarias in Spanish. Level B2: 75 short verse fables with morals, 18th-century vocabulary and instant word translation.

Fábulas literarias (Tomás de Iriarte)

Practice reading
5 free word translations
Skip the article text

Tap any word to see its translation

.

( .)

,


.
;
: ",
;
, , , ,
, ;
, ,
; , ,
.
,
;

."

¿ ?
¿
,
,

?
.

( , .)


.
" ():

,
."

,
,
...

:
.
.

( .)




.
,


.

;

;

.
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
.

;

.


:

;
,
,
.

,

.
,
.

,

,

.
" ,
( ):

.



.
¿
?
¿
,



?
¡ ,
!
,
."

¡


!

.
,
,

;

,

:
"¡ ,
!"

Keep reading with translations

Create a free account: 7 days of Pro, then 20 word translations a day or a paid plan.

About this article

Level B2 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Verse fables, morals, animal and everyday vocabulary, assonance and rhyme, 18th-century Spanish

This article contains the fables of Tomás de Iriarte (first published in 1782) in the 1917 Oxford edition: 75 short fables in which animals mock vanity, envy and bad writers, each with its moral in parentheses. Level B2 suits readers who can follow short verse lines and a little old Spanish. You will learn animal and everyday vocabulary and how Spanish verse bends word order.

Comments

Log in to leave a comment

Login

No comments yet. Be the first!