T1W2 - América Latina frente a los recientes desastres naturales

Term1Week1 Oral - Dos terremotos, dos respuestas: las reacciones de Venezuela y Colombia a la tragedia

terremoto

earthquake

maquinaria

machinery

desplegada

deployed

despliegue

a display / deployment

retroexcavadoras

excavators

la región andina

the Andes

temblar

to shake / tremble

temblor

tremor

sacudir

to shake up

sumar

to add up to

arrasar

to devastate

desatarse

to break loose

puesto

position

gobernar

to govern

el chavismo

chavism (socialist ideals against imperialism with the goal of latinamerican independence and unity and free public services)

escombros

rubble

apurar

to rush to

destacar

to highlight / point out

sumarse

to join in

la labora (las labores)

the effort

rescate

rescue

las labores de rescate

the rescue efforts

bombero

fireman

indolencia

indolence (idleness / laziness)

estatal

state (adj.) / of the state

el tamaño

the size / scale

pagarlo caro

to (metaphorically) pay a high price (lo pagamos caro

derrumbarse

to collapse

un miserable

a scoundrel / a wretched person

activarse

to spring into / take action

que no le caiga la peste

that the plague does not befall them

caigar

to fall / befall / strike

subducción

subduction (one sinking tectonic plate moving under another)

los estragos

the havoc / damages

un golpe

a blow

desagregada

disagregated (borken down, separated)

un abanico

a range

curfew

toque de queda

fluyar

to flow

tramitar

transact / arrange

salvoconducto

safe-passage

cumplir a rajatabla

to strictly adhere to

damnificado

victim

exigir a gritos

to loudly demand

pala

shovel

una grúa

a crane (mechanical)