Unit 7 - La Inmigración
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt Play1/173
Earn XP
Description and Tags
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced | Call with Kai |
|---|
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
174 Terms
negarse
to refuse
delante de
in front of
tropezar
to stumble
la tripulación
crew
mensuales
monthly
cosechar
to harvest, to pick
parcela de tierra
plot of land
trigo
wheat
cebada
barley
gaseosas
fizzy drinks
bananos
bananas
harina
flour
singular
unique
albergar
to shelter, to house
deleitar
to delight
bordar
to embroider, stitch
prestar
to lend; to loan
descartar
to discard
vagones
train cars
llevar a cabo
to carry out
dentro de
within, inside of
saber-estar
to know how to behave
baja calidad
low quality
chabolas
shanty town
vendrían
venir (cond)
invernal
(of) winter
abrir una vía a
to open the way for
adquirir (adquiero)
to acquire
amenazador
threatening
aparecer (aparezco)
to appear
apoyarse
to be based on
arreglar
to fix
la ascendencia
ancestry
la camioneta
truck
el/la compatriota
compatriot
conceder
to grant
confesar (confieso)
to confess
conformar
to make-up
convivir
to coexist, live side by side
correr el riesgo
to run the risk
el cruce
crossing
dar lugar a
to give rise to
de acuerdo a
according to
decapitado
decapitated
desmayarse
to faint
desobedecer (desobedezco)
to disobey
despreciar
to despise
divulgar
to divulge, release
emigrar
to emigrate
estigmatizar
to stigmatise
la exigencia
the demand
extorsionar
to extort (to blackmail)
el/la gringo/a
North American
jugar al escondite
to play hide and seek
el maletero
boot
marginar
to marginalize
mojado (espalda mojada)
'wetback' (pej), Mexican crossing the Rio Grande to reach USA
el multiculturalismo
multiculturalism
la nacionalidad
nationality
nacionalizado
naturalized
padecer (padezco)
to suffer, endure
la pena
sadness, pity, sorrow
poner en contacto con (pongo)
to put in touch with
el principio
principle
la procedencia social
social background
el proceso
process
provenir (provengo)
to come from
rechazar
to reject, refuse
el reconocimiento
recognition
la remesa
remittance
restante
remaining
el reto
challenge
el retorno
return
la secularidad
secularism
el sentimiento de pertenencia
feeling of belonging
el/la soñador/a
child of (illegal) Mexican immigrants in USA
la subida
rise
sumar
to add up to, come to
el temor de
fear of
traficar
to traffic
abarrotado
overcrowded
adaptarse a
to adapt to
ahogarse
to drown
argelia
Algeria
asimilar
to assimilate
la asociación de inmigrantes
immigrant association
el auxilio médico
Medical aid
la balsa
raft
bordear
to border
el/la ciudadano/a
citizen
el compromiso
commitment
contabilizar
to count
desaparecido
disappeared
devolver (devuelvo)
to return, give back
la diversidad social
social diversity
el Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI)
ID card
enteramente, completamente
entirely
enviar (envío)
to send
esconder
to hide
establecerse (me establezco)
to settle