Trabajo de campo — Fieldwork · Spanish lesson 120

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Alcaldesa

Este es Tomás, que lleva ochenta años en el pueblo y cuida tres casas deshabitadas, aunque él diga que son dos y media. Habiendo vivido aquí toda la vida, conoce cada piedra mejor que el catastro. Tomás, este es el chico de Madrid del que te hablé, el del informe.

This is Tomás, who has been in the village for eighty years and looks after three empty houses, although he says it's two and a half. Having lived here all his life, he knows every stone better than the land registry. Tomás, this is the young man from Madrid I told you about, the one with the report.

Vecino

Encantado, aunque le aviso de que yo no vendo nada, que ya han venido muchos de la ciudad preguntando lo mismo. Las casas son de mis hijos, que viven en Barcelona, y son ellos quienes deciden. Yo solo las cuido para que no se caigan del todo.

Pleased to meet you, although I warn you I'm not selling anything, because plenty of people from the city have already come asking the same thing. The houses belong to my children, who live in Barcelona, and they're the ones who decide. I only look after them so they don't fall down completely.

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Empty houses, absent heirs