spanish 4 vocab unit 1

¿De dónde es usted y dónde vive? (¿De dónde eres, dónde vives?)

Where is one from and where does one live? (Where are you from, where do you live?)

¿Cómo es usted / Cuáles son sus características? (¿Cómo eres?)

What is one like? Which are one's characteristics? (What are you like? Describe in characteristics)

De pequeño, ¿cómo era usted (cómo eras)?

When one was little, what was one like? (Since you were little, what were you like?)

¿Qué hizo usted (qué hiciste) para llegar a tener el talento que tiene (que tienes)?

What did one do (what did you do) in order to arrive to have the talent that one has (that you have)?

Si pudiera(s) tener otro talento, aparte del (aside from) talento que ya tiene usted (tienes), ¿cuál talento querría(s) tener?

If one (you) were to have another talent, aside from the talent that one already has (that you have), which talent would one (you) want to have?

¿En quién puede confiar usted? (¿En quién puedes confiar?)

In whom can one confide? (In who can you confide?)

¿A dónde fue durante el verano? (¿A dónde fuiste durante el verano?)

To where dia one go over the summer? (Where did you go over the summer?)

¿Cuál es su pasatiempo favorito? (¿Cuál es tu pasatiempo favorito?)

Which is one's favorite hobby (pastime)? (Which is your favorite hobby?)

¿Qué/ Quién le inspira a usted? (¿Qué/ Quién te inspira?)

What/ Who inspires one (you)?

identificarse con/ como

to identify with/ as

avergonzarse

to be ashamed, embarassed

rechazar

to reject

encajar

to fit in

pertenecer

to belong, pertain to

la patria

the homeland, mother country

los ancestros

the ancestry

crecer

to grow

estar ligados a

to be tied to, linked to

nunca se ha visto

has never seen oneself

hogar

home

jugar un papel importante

to play an important role

desconocido

unknown

añorar

to long for (to miss)

herencia cultural

cultural heritage

un tesoro

a treasure

somos

we are

sería capaz de

would be capable of

darse cuenta de que

to realize that

a pesar de que

despite/in spite of the fact that

según

according to

debido a

due to

de hecho

in fact