33-4: un tal García: a certain García.
33-5: acaso, y sin acaso: quite certainly.
33-6: varón ilustre: a Greek athlete, Milo of Crotona (in southern Italy), frequent victor in the Olympic games. By lifting and carrying a bull-calf daily, he was able, so the legend runs, ultimately to carry the full-grown bull. He came to his death by trying to pull asunder a split tree, which, reacting, held him fast until devoured by the wolves.
33-7: campar por su respeto: (to be absolute master of one's own actions) to have everything one's own way; to have full sway.
33-8: se llamará: cf. note no habría andado, p. 8, 6.