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battered wife

esposa golpeada

I use my father's last name, Fortín

yo uso Fortín, por mi papá

whatever is convenience for you, Mr. Attorney, it doesn't matter

lo que usted le convenga, señor licenciado, no le hace

two boys and a girl

dos varones y una nena

what, if anything, happened on that night

que, acaso algo, pasó esa noche?

loaded / pissed off

bastante hincho

bedroom

alcoba

i knew what to expect

sabía lo que me esperaba

loaded

ahumado

wanting to hit me

con ganas de golpearme

that other woman

esa otra tía

please don't go into details about unrelated matters

por favor, no entre en detalles sobre asuntos no relacionados

you say that your husband came home drunk and you stayed in the bedroom

usted dice que su marido llegó a casa borocho y quedó usted en la alcoba

he kicked the door

le pegó una patada a la puerta

a filthy animal and a bitch

una inmunda, una bestia, una hija de puta

I know how he gets when he's like that and I don't want to get myself into any more problems

Yo sé cómo se pone cuando anda asi y no quiero meterme en más problemas

what did he do next

¿qué hizo él siguiente?

He no longer wanted me, seeing me made him sick to his stomach

Ya no me quería, que le daba asco mi persona

grita que grita

screaming and shouting

i was shaking uncontrollably

estaba con un tembleque que no podía controlar

i burst into tears

se me saltaron las lagrimas

that wouldn't do any good

eso no le servía pa nada

he slapped me

me dio una bofetada

i know this is upsetting to you

yo se que esto le incomoda

nightstand

mesita de noche

beating and punching me

vapuleando y pegándome puñetazos

he knocked me down again with another punch

me tumbaba de nuevo con otro aletazo

i was able to scoot to the other side of the bed

me pude escabullir al otro lado de la cama

i got tangled in the sheets as i was struggling to get away from the punches he was throwing at me

me enredé en las sábanas en la bulla por escaparme de los golpes que me propinaba

altercation

altercado

during what? Excuse me, I don't understand you.

¿durante qué? Disculpe. No le entiendo

Witness

observó

I begged him not to leave me, that I had done nothing to make him leave (that he should leave me)

Yo le suplicaba que no me dejara, que yo no había hecho nada, que se fuera

compose yourself

calmarse

He caught me in the corner of the bathroom

Me pilló en la esquina del naño

give me a severe thrashing with his belt

darme una tunda con el cinto

he kept hitting me over and over

me siguió dando y dando

at some point, did something happen to cause your husband to stop hitting you with the belt

¿en algún momento, algo causó que para que su marido dejara de golpearla con el cinto?

someone called the police

habrían llamado a la policia

there was no place for him to hide

pero no había dónde esconderse

did they take a statement from you

le tomaron su declaración

esposando

in handcuffs

did you in fact press charges against your husband?

En efecto Ud formalmente acusó a su marido? / pidió usted, de verdad, cargos contra su esposo?

we've been at it for many years now.

ya son much años que estamos en eso

I just gave up / i lost hope

ya me desesperé

assaulted

agredido

i couldn't say

no sabría decirle

from the beginning

desde un principio

that had become a pattern in your relationship

eso fue customario en su relación / esto habia llegado a ser algo habitual en su relacion

that your husband would insult you regularly and that he would periodically beat you

que su esposo le insultara regularmente y la golpeara de vez en cuando

this was just the last straw

Esto fue el colmo

i am sick of being made fun of

yo esta harta de ser la mofa de todo

dispised / scorned

despreciada