Note 26.8 — Front matter
Reading edition
unos petates, unos hidalgüelos de mala muerte, a lot of good-for-nothings, petty country gentry of small importance, 'of no account.' Cf. un empleíllo de mala muerte, "a wretched little position."
Reading edition
unos petates, unos hidalgüelos de mala muerte, a lot of good-for-nothings, petty country gentry of small importance, 'of no account.' Cf. un empleíllo de mala muerte, "a wretched little position."