vocabulario- social and historical context
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el acta de nacimiento
birth certificate
el ambiente
atmosphere
el burdel
brothel
el castigo
punishment
el caudillo
leader (for a revolution)
el chisme
gossip
chismear/chismorrear
to gossip
el comportamiento
behaviour
cortejar
to court
la cortesía
politeness
la criada
female servant (who is raised with the family)
criollo/a
Latin American of European origin
desheredar
to disown
la dote
dowry
el epazote
herb tea
la época
era
el/la escalvo/a
slave
el estrato social
social rank/class
exquisito/a
delicious
hacer de casamentero/a, hacer de celestino/a
to matchmake
el hito histórico
historic landmark
el/la huérfano/a
orphan
el lazo
bond
el linaje
ancestry
el marco social
social framework
mestizo/a
of mixed race (American Indian and white)
los modales
manners
el náhuatl
Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs)
la paliza
beating
pudiente
rich
el ‘qué dirán’
public opinion ‘what will they say’
raptar
to kidnap
las reglas
rules
saquear
to ransack
el trasfondo histórico
historical backdrop