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Unit 6 Vocabulary Notes

Vocabulary from Unit 6: Global Challenges

Key Vocabulary Terms

  • ¿QUIÉN? (Who?)
    • (el) sacerdote → priest
    • (el/la) seguidor/a → follower
    • (el/la) activista → activist
    • (el/la) soldado → soldier
    • (el) guerrero → warrior
    • (el) ejército → army
    • (el/la) preso/a político/a → political prisoner
    • (el/la) refugiado/a → refugee
    • (el/la) líder → leader
    • (el/la) traidor/a → traitor
    • (el/la) exiliado/a → exiled person

Important Actions

  • ACCTIONS
    • rebelarse → to rebel
    • carecer (c-zc) de → to lack
    • luchar (con) → to fight
    • liberar (a) → to free
    • golpear (a) → hit
    • colaborar → to collaborate
    • aislar(se) (de) → to isolate (oneself) from
    • sufrir → to suffer
    • aspirar (a) → to aspire
    • estar informado/a → to be informed
    • arrestar (a) → to arrest

Important Concepts

  • ¿QUÉ? (What?)
    • (el) desafío → challenge
    • patriótico/a → patriotic
    • (los) valores → values
    • (la) moralidad → morals
    • (la) ética → ethics
    • ético/a → ethical
    • (el) poder → power
    • (las) convicciones → convictions
    • (la) opresión → oppression
    • (la) diversidad → diversity
    • (la) persecución → persecution
    • (la) justicia → justice
    • (la) honradez → honesty
    • (la/las) crisis → crisis
    • (la) controversia → controversy
    • (la) guerra → war

Political Vocabulary

  • POLÍTICA (Politics)
    • (el/la) ciudadano/a → citizen
    • justo/a, injusto/a → fair, unfair
    • (los) derechos → rights
    • (la) ley → law
    • (la) ventaja → advantage
    • (la) desventaja → disadvantage

Challenges Facing Society

  • DESAFÍOS
    • (la) pobreza → poverty
    • (el) tornado → tornado
    • (la) sequía → drought
    • (el) atasco → traffic jam
    • (la) población → population
    • (el) agua potable → drinking water
    • (el) acceso (a) → access to
    • acceder (a) → to access
    • advertir (ie) → to warn
    • amenazar → to threaten