Spanish Vocabulary: Social, Economic, and Labour Terms
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Vocabulary practice cards covering socio-economic, political, and employment terms in Spanish with English definitions.
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abarcar
to span, encompass
acaudalado
affluent
adinerado
wealthy, moneyed
agudizar
to aggravate, exacerbate
agudo
acute
el analfabetismo
illiteracy
el/la analfabeto/a
illiterate
la apertura
opening (up)
apoyar
to support
el apoyo
support
la autodefensa
self-defence
el campesino
peasant farmer
la clase dirigente
ruling class
el comercio, el negocio
trade, business
la cordillera
mountain range
el crecimiento
growth
la deficiencia
deficiency
degradarse
to deteriorate
desequilibrado
unequal
desplazar
to oust, displace
destronar
to dethrone, oust
desventajado
deprived, disadvantaged
la deuda
debt
dialogar
to negotiate
ejercer
to exert
empobrecerse
to impoverish
endémico
endemic
endeudado
in debt
el enfrentamiento
confrontation
enriquecerse
to make rich
ensangrentar
to cover in blood
erradicar
to eradicate
la escasez
shortage, scarcity
estancarse
to stagnate
exigir
to demand
ganarse la vida
to earn a living
gerencia
management, leadership
gremio
guild
hacer frente a
to face up to
el horario de trabajo
work schedule
impuesto
tax
la industrialización
industrialisation
jubilarse
to retire
el/la obrero/a
worker, labourer
el pacto
pact
paralizarse
to paralyse, come to a halt
el paro
stoppage, unemployment
pasivo
passive
la patronal
management
la perturbación
disturbance
la prestación
benefit, compensation
el presupuesto
budget
la propaganda
propaganda
recapacitar
to reconsider
el recorte
cut
el/la rector/a
vice-chancellor, rector
renunciar
to quit
requerir
to require
la reunión
meeting
robustecerse
to strengthen
el/la simpatizante
sympathiser, supporter
sindicalista
trade unionist
el sindicato
trade union
solicitar
to apply for
el sueldo mínimo
minimum wage
tener conexiones
to have connections; to have influence
tomar asiento
to sit down
vincular
to link
la expropiación
expropriation, seizure (of land/property)
falta de
lack, shortage of
fraudulento
fraudulent
el/la fundador/a
founder
el golpe militar
military coup
la guerrilla
guerrilla warfare, group
la hambruna
famine
la hectárea
hectare
el impuesto sobre la renta
income tax
la indigencia
destitution, poverty
la inseguridad
insecurity
el intervalo
gap
liderar
to lead
la masacre
massacre
las mercancías
goods
el micro-crédito
small-scale loan
el negocio
business, deal
el nivel de vida
standard of living
pactar
to reach an agreement
padecer de
to suffer from
el país en vías de desarrollo
developing country
partidista
partisan
pasar de algo
to not care about something
el recordatorio
reminder
relevar
to substitute
repoblar
to repopulate
sectario
sectarian
la soberanía
sovereignty
el soborno
bribe
el/la terrateniente
land owner
la tregua
truce
turbio
murky