Vocabulario de READING

femenina

feminine

campesinas

rural/country/from the country

adquirido

acquired

empobrecimiento

degradation/impoverishment

escasas

rare/scarce

precaria

precarious/uncertain

techo

roof/ceiling

aquellas

those

estancia

stay/room/living room

ahorrar

save/put away/economise

gastos

expenses

hospedaje

lodging/hospitality

aislamiento

isolation/seclusion/withdrawal

tejer

weave/knit

hogar

home

contratación

hiring/recruitment/contracting

soler

tend to/used to (in past)

través

misfortune/setback

búsqueda

search

avalar

guarantee/endorse/back

requerir

require

capacitación

training

reaprender

relearn

vinculadas

bind together/link

añadir

add

analfabetas

illiterate/uneducated

sumar

be equal to

traer

bring

empleadora

employer

el pago

payment

manejo

use/management

códigos

codes

empleadas

employees/workers

obstaculizaba

obstruct

desempeñar

perform/carry out

desplazar

displace

colocar

place

ventajas

advantage

el sueldo

salary

aunque

although

posteriormente

afterwards

el polo opuesto

polar opposite

descubrimientos

discoveries

grasa

fat

aceituna

olive

Respecto

in relation to

esquimales

Eskimos

diversificar

diversify

composición

composition

cierto

true

contrapuestos

opposing

no obstante

however/evertheless/even so

baser en

base on

la mitad

half

complejo

complex/challenging

raíz

root

por lo tanto

therefore

aporte

contribution

apetecer

crave

alegría

happiness/joy/cheerfulness

por que tengo

because I have

monoinsaturados

monounsaturated

llevar a cabo

carry through/carry out,

apenas

barely

echar

throw

lomo

back (of an animal)

atravesar

go through

tirar de

pull

buey

ox

hasta

until

molinos

mills

cumplir

accomplish

vistoso/a

attractive

inicio

beginning/start

dibujo

drawing

augurio

omen

cuyos

whose

dueño

owner

tamaño

size

tonalidad

tonality/colour scheme

artesanal

handmade

doloroso/a

painful

espantosa

atrocious

despiadado

heartless

conmover

move (emotionally)

patria

homeland

debilitar

weaken

cueva

cave

choza

hut

encima

on

agradecer

thank

aliento

breath

adelante

forwards

alcanzar

reach/be enough

emblemático

symbolic

bocetos

sketch

registro

search/register/record

versar

be about/deal with

casamiento

wedding

bautizar

baptise