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Al final de la película, el padre _______________ a su hija a regresar a su casa en Marruecos.
remar
to row, paddle

rezar
to pray

la frontera
the border

se ahogó (ahogarse)
s/he drowned (to drown)
el ferrocarril
the railroad

alcanzó / alcanzar
s/he reached, got to (to reach)

la laguna
the lagoon

tener la culpa
to be guilty (=to have the blame)

el muro
the wall

me espanto (espantarse)
I am scared (to be afraid, scared)
la arena
the sand

darse cuenta de que
to realize that

la feria
a fair (carnival)

la orilla
the shoreline, riverbank

gotear
to leak (as in a boat)
rescatar
to rescue

árabe
Arabic, Arab

la noria
ferris wheel

la sirena / la sirenita
mermaid
Marruecos / marroquí
Morocco / Moroccan

soltar (¡suéltame!)
to set free, to liberate (let go of me!)

una balsa
raft

echar de menos / extrañar
to miss

secuestrar / el secuestro
to kidnap / the kidnapping

hundirse
to sink

una meta
goal

inmigrar
to immigrate (enter a country)
la inmigración
immigration
enmigrar
to emigrate (leave a country)
la enmigración
emigration
ganarse la vida
to earn a living
asimilarse
to assimilate
la patria
homeland, home country
los ciudadanos
citizens
cruzar la frontera
to cross the border
buscar
to look for
la búsqueda
the search
indocumentado/a
undocumented
tiene papeles
has papers
rechazar / el rechazo
to reject / rejection
discriminar / la discriminación
to discriminate / discrimination
el traficante de niños / la trata de humanos
child trafficker / human trafficking
el coyote
a person who helps undocumented people enter other countries; often, these people are dishonest and cruel
dejar
to leave behind
el peligro / estar en peligro / peligroso
danger / to be in danger / dangerous
sufrir / el sufrimiento
to suffer / suffering
ser pobre / la pobreza
to be poor / poverty
el/la extranjero/a
foreigner
la migra
immigration police
enfrentar
to confront, to face, to deal with
quedarse
to stay