Spanish- Unit 2 Vocab

you gotta do well on this test istg

aceptar

to accept

beneficio

benefit

bilingüe

bilingual

chicano

mexican-american

contrabandista

smuggler

dignidad

dignity

generación

generation

generalmente

generally

remedio

remedy

simultáneamente

simultaneously

amar

to love

amor

love

asimilarse

to assimilate

asimilación

assimilation

contar

to tell

cuento

story

emigrar

to emigrate

emigrante

emigrant

esperar

to hope/wait

esperanza

hope

exiliar

to exile

exilio

exile

inmigrar

to immigrate

inmigrante

immigrant

legalizar

to legalize

legalización

legalization

rechazar

to reject

rechazo

rejection

recordar

to remember

recuerdo

memory

residir

to reside

residente

resident

aduana

customs

ascendencia

heritage

ciudadanía

citizenship

ciudadano

citizen

coyote

person who takes an undocumented immigrant over the border in exchange for money

extranjero

stranger/foreigner

fábrica

factory

frontera

border

indocumentado

undocumented immigrant

logro

achievement

migra

immigration police

patria

homeland

pobreza

poverty

raíz

root

riqueza

wealth

tierra

land, earth

agradecer

to be thankful

ahorrar

to save

conseguir

to obtain

criar

to raise

dejar

to leave behind, to permit

dejar de

to discontinue

despedirse

to say goodbye

establecerse

to establish oneself

estar harto

to be fed up

estar rodeado de

to be surrounded by

extrañar, echar de menos

to miss

gastar

to waste, to spend

hacerle falta

to miss, to lack

hallarse

to find oneself

nacer

to be born

olvidar

to forget

realizarse

to become true

reunir

to reunite

soler

to be used to

superar

to overcome

trasladar

to move

a través de

through

al mismo tiempo

at the same time

cercano

close

de vez en cuando

from time to time

en el extranjero

abroad

en seguida

right away

lejano

far

orgulloso

proud

seguido

often