AP Spanish: Challenges faced by families

cifra

figure, number

pluriempleo

having more than one job

pluriempleado

person with more than one job

a fin de mes

end of the month

nivel de vida

standard of living

empleado

employee

ocupación

occupation, job

ingresos

income

horas libres

free time

sueldo

salary

porciento/ porcentaje

percent, percentage

a tiempo parcial

part

a tiempo completo

full

aparcero

sharecropper

cosecha

harvest, crop

Bracero/a

farm laborer

pizcador

harvest picker

español mocho

broken Spanish

ansiosamente

anxiously

volante

steering wheel

polvo

dust, powder

rumbo a casa

on the way home

echar para atrás

to turn back

chocita

small shack

empacado

packed

caja de cartón

cardboard box

lagrimas

tears

madrugada

dawn

no pegar los ojos

to be unable to sleep

trastes

dishes, pots and pans

tener derecho a

to have the right to

palmo a palmo

with great detail

ruido

noise

apariencia

appearance

colchón

mattress

amarrar

to tie up

soga

rope

abolladura

dent

mellas

scratches

alejarse

to move away from

capataz

foreman

fornido

well

roidas por comejenes

eaten away by termites

techo

roof

empapado de sudor

soaked in sweat

masticar

to chew, masticate

zumbido

buzzing

esconderse

to hide (oneself)

manguera

garden hose

magullado

bruised

cabizbajo

head down

muchedumbre

a large crowd

entremecerse

to shudder