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abarcar
to cover, to encompass
abastecer
to supply
la adecuación
adaptation
albergar
to accomodate, to house
el alcalde, la alcaldesa
mayor
alcanzar
to reach
alza
rise
ambulante
traveling, mobile
el andén
sidewalk
el aportador, la aportadora
contributor
apostar
to bet on
apremiante
pressing
arrojar
to produce
asolar
to devastate
atañer
to concern
atesorado/a
treasured
auspiciar
to fund, to support
los bemoles
difficulties
el bichito
animal
bucólico/a
pastoral, bucolic
la calidez
warmth
cálido
warm
la carencia
shortcoming
la cizaña
discord
la codicia
greed
la congestión
crowdedness
contemplar
to consider, to contemplate
crampón
crampon
la credibilidad
credibility
crujir
to crunch
la cuestión
matter
la cumbre
summit
darse con
to stumble upon, to find
de cara a
with regard to
el decenio
decade
derretir
to melt
la desazón
worry, letdown
desbordamiento
overflowing, flooding
un deslave
landslide
destacar
to stand out
didáctico
educational
diezmar
to decimate
dispuesto/a
willing
embargar
to confiscate, to overwhelm
empinado/a
steep
el empuje
development, growth
en definitiva
in short, to sum it up
escarpado/a
sheer
escaso/a
limited, scarce
la escorrentía
runoff
la expectativa
expectation
la falencia
lack of something
impulsar
to encourage
el incremento
increase
involucrado/a
involved
lanzar
to launch
la licenciatura
bachelor’s degree
liderar
to lead
menguante
diminishing
mitigar
to mitigate
msnm
m. a. s. l. (meters above sea level)
el nido
nest
el paro
unemployment
el pasacalles
banner
el patrullaje
police patrol
postular
to postulate
la previsión
prediction
pronosticar
to predict
proveer
to provide
pugnar
to fight for
quitar hierro
downplay
recabar
to collect, to gather
el retroceso
retreat
risueño/a
smiling
la rusticidad
rusticity
el semblante
facial expression
sesgado/a
biased
si cabe
if possible
situar
to place
subrayar
to underline
subsistir
to survive
sustentable
sustainable
el tico, la tica
Costa Rican
el trabajo de campo
field work
el trato
manner
trepar
to climb
trocar
to exchange
la valla
billboard
vinculado/a
linked, tied
yacer
to lie
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