Studied by 3 peoplelos países hispanohablantes
Spanish-speaking countries
conmemorar
to commemorate
la llegada (noun)
arrival
Cristobal Colón
Christopher Columbus
"el Mundo Nuevo"
"New World" (an erroneous name given to the Americas after the arrival of Europeans)
el orgullo
pride; arrogance (depends on context)
El Día de la Raza
Day of the Race (12 de octubre)
El Día de la Hispanidad
Day of Hispanic (from Spain) Heritage (12 de octubre)
sobre todo
above all, especially
reflexionar
to reflect, to look back
las contribuciones
contributions
las etnicidades
ethnicities
la raza
race (ethnic)
había
there was, there were
las civilizaciones
civilizations
las poblaciones
populations, communities
a traves de
through
el descubrimiento
discovery
el viaje
trip, journey
la población
population, village
"los indios"
"Indians", Native Americans (this name was mistakenly given to Native Americans as Columbus thought he found India. This name is also used for people from actual India)
la riqueza
richness; wealth
convertir
to convert, to change, to turn into
el catolicismo
Catholicism
por un lado
on one hand/side
el hecho
fact, event
los pueblos indígenas
indigenous people
por está razón
therefore, for this reason
El Día de la Resistencia Indígena
Indigenous Resistance Day (12 de octubre; this term centers Indigenous peoples lived experiences as a result of colonization)
El Día de la Descolonización
Day of Decolonization (12 de octubre; this term highlights the negative impacts/harm caused by colonization and seeks to encourage those with Indigenous ancestry to remember and reconnect to their original cultures before colonization)
la lucha (noun)
struggle, fight
los conquistadores
conquerors, colonizers
por otro lado
on the other hand/side
el mestizaje
mixture of races
étnico(a)
ethnic
civilizado(a) (adj)
civilized
religioso(a)
religious
los mayas
Mayans, indigenous people of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and parts of Central America
los aztecas
Aztecs: Indigenous people in Mexico (in modern times they are sometimes referred to as Mexica)
los quechuas
Indigenous people from South America in the Chile, Peru, Bolivia region
la religión
religion
la esclavitud
slavery
sufrir
to suffer
construir
to construct, to build
descubrir
to discover, uncover, to find out
la conquista (noun)
conquest
la perspectiva
perspective
las creencias
beliefs
las Indias Occidentales
West Indies (a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico that Columbus erroneously thought were India)
el oriente
east
el occidente
west
la India
India (as in South Asia India)
el/la indio(a)
Indigenous/Native American person; Indian (from India) (this name was erroneously given to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas because Columbus thought he landed in India. Today this term is considered slightly offensive, depending on context and intent)
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