Las Familias y Las Comunidades

abuelo/abuela

grandfather/grandmother

aceptar

to accept

actividades

activities

adinerado

wealthy

amor

love

amplio

wide

apellido

last name

apoyar

to support

apoyo

support, backing

aprender

to learn

ayudar

to help

biológicos

biological

Comida

food, meal

compartir

to share

comportarse bien/mal

to behave well/badly

compromiso

commitment, engagement

consanguíneo

related by blood

consejos

advice

contar con

to count on

cónyuges

spouses

crecimiento

growth, increase

crianza

upbringing

cuidar

to take care of

cuidar a los abuelos

take care of the grandparents

cuñado/cuñada

brother-in-law/sister-in-law

dar lata

to bother; to annoy

debatir

to discuss, debate

deber

obligation, duty

delitos

crimes

demás

the rest

deportes

sports

desarrollo

development

discutir

to argue

divertido

fun

divorcio

divorce

embarazo precoz

early pregnancy

encomendar

to entrust

enfoque

focus

enseñar

to teach, to show

esposo/esposa

husband/wife

fallecimiento

death

familia

family

familia extendida

extended family

familia mezclada

blended family

familia nuclear

nuclear family

felicidad

happiness

feliz

happy

fiel

faithful

fiestas de cumpleaños

birthday parties

funerales

funerals

hermanastro/hermanastra

stepbrother/stepsister

hermano/hermana

brother/sister

hijastro/hijastra

stepson/stepdaughter

hijos políticos

sons and daughters-in-law

iglesia

church

intrafamiliar

within the family

ir de vacaciones

to go on vacation

juntarse

to get together with

juntos

together

la pobreza

poverty

la sobremesa

after-dinner conversation

la unidad

unity

lejana

far away

llevarse bien/mal

to get along well/badly

los mascotas

pets

los quehaceres

chores

luchar

to fight

lugar seguro

a safe place

madrastra

stepmother

madre

mother

matrimonio

marriage

monoparental

single parent family

música

music

negarse

to refuse

nuera

daughter-in-law

paciente

patient

padrastro

stepfather

padre

father

parentesco

family relationship

parientes

relatives

pasar tiempo con familia

to spend time with family

primo hermano, prima hermana

first cousin

primos

cousins

realizar

to carry out

recetas familiares

family recipes

recursos

resources

relación

relationship

respeto

to respect

responsabilidad

responsibility

riesgo

risk

simpático

nice

sobrino/sobrina

nephew/niece

suegro/suegra

father-in-law/mother-in-law

supervivencia

survival

surgir

to emerge

te conforta

it comforts you

tio/a

uncle/aunt

torpeza

blunder, ineptitude, clumsiness

tradición

tradition

un medio

a way