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las acotaciones
stage directions
el acto/s
the act
el drama/s
drama
el dramaturgo/a
playwright
la escena/s
scene
el escenario
scenery
las figuras retóricas
figures of speech
el hipérbole
hyperbole
el lenguaje coloquial
colloquial (everyday) language
la metáfora/s
metaphor
la obra/s
the play/ work
representar/ estrenar
to put on (a performance)
el simbolismo
symbolism
el simbolo/s
symbol
los vulgarismos
slang or vulgar words
un país atrasado
a backward country
sin apenas
with hardly
esparanza de vida - 34 años
life expectancy - 34 years
la mortalidad infantil muy alta
very high infant mortality
media de 5 hijos por familia
average of 5 children per family
analfabetos/ analfabetismo
illiiterate/ illiteracy
terratenientes
landowners
latifundios
large estates
un sistema casi feudal
an almost feudal system
sociedad conservadora, cerrada
conservative, closed society
forasteros
outsiders
movilidad social prácticamente nula
practically zero social mobility
sangre y apellido determinaban los estamentos y el trato social
blood and surname determined the classes and social treatment
pudiente
wealthy
control y poder que ejerce la Iglesia católica
control and power exercised by the Catholic Church
‘el ángel de hogar’: dulce esposa, madre solícita
'the angel of the home': sweet wife, caring mother
honrada, decente, virgen, pura - valores tradicionales
honest, decent, virgin, pure - traditional values
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