AP Spanish Lang. Vocab Unit 1

Ahorrar

to save money

Afligir

to upset, to bother

Alquilar

to rent

Averiguar

to find out

Casarse

to marry

Construir

to construct

Crecer

to grow

Criar

to raise, to bring up

Darse cuenta

to realize (lightbulb)

Destacar

to highlight

Disimular

to conceal, to hide

Divorciarse

to divorce

Encargar de

to be in charge of

Emancipar

to emancipate

Emplear

to employ

Enfrentar retos

to confront challenges

Enriquecer

to enrich

Esperar

to hope, wait

Functionar

to function

Ganar dinero

to earn money

Gastar

to spend money

Imponer

to impose

Inculcar

to instill (administer)

Independizarse

to become independent

Intentar

to try

Jubilarse

to retire

Llamar la atención

to call attention to

Mejorar

to improve

Nacer

to be born

Pertenecer

to belong

Rechazar

to reject

Relacionarse

to relate to

Señalar

to signal

Alfabetización

literacy

Alfabetismo

literacy 2

Brecha

gaps

Conocimiento

knowledge

Deserción escolar

School drop out

Desafíos

challenges

Entendimiento

understanding

Grietas

cracks

Huelgas

strikes

Legado

legacy

Mejoras

improvements

Promedio

average

Sabiduría

wisdom

Desempeño

performance

Retrasados

delayed

Analfabetos

illiterate

Derrotada

defeated

Desolada

desolate

Escasos

scarce

Apoyar

to support

Asistir

to attend

Aumentar

to increase

Conocer

to know people, be familiar with something, some place

Desafiar

to challenge

Desempeñar

to straighten

Financiar

to finance

Mejorar

to improve

Proveer fondos

to provide funds

Retrasar

to hold back, delay

Saber

to know information

La familia extendida/ La familia consanguínea

Extended family through blood

La familia nuclear, elemental

Nuclear family made up of parents and children

La familia monoparental

Single parent family

La familia de madre soltera

Single mom family

La familia de padres separados

Family where the pair does not live together

La pareja

couple/ partner

Los parientes

relatives; family

Mellizos/ los gemelos

twins

los demás

the rest, or the others as in everyone or everything else

antepasado

ancestor

acontecimiento

event

hecho

fact or incident

herencia

heritage

raíces

roots

niñez

childhood

pelea familiar

family conflict

quehaceres

chores

tareas domesticas

house work

atento

attentive, courteous

perdurable

long lasting, eternal

homogéneo

homogenous, uniform