7.3 La inmigración mexicana en EE.UU

abrir una vía a =to open the way for

adquirir (adquiero)= to acquire

amenazador =threatening

aparecer (aparezco) =to appear

apoyarse =to be based on

arreglar =to fix

la ascendencia= ancestry

la camioneta =truck

la ciudadanía =citizenship

el/la compatriota =compatriot

conceder =to give, to grant

confesar (confieso) =to confess

conformar =to make up

convivir =to coexist, live side by side

correr el riesgo =to run the risk

el cruce =crossing

dar (doy) lugar a =to lead to, give rise to

de acuerdo a =according to

decapitado =decapitated, beheaded

desmayarse =to faint

desobedecer (desobedezco) =to disobey

despreciar =to despise

divulgar =to divulge, release

emigrar =to emigrate

estigmatizar= to stigmatize

la estructura social =social fabric

la exigencia= demand

extorsionar =to extort

la formación =training

el/la gringo/a [Mex] =North-American (informal)

el/la hispano/a =hispanic person

indocumentado =illegal immigrant

jugar (juego) al escondite =to play hide and seek

la legalización= legalisation

el maletero =car boot

marginar =to marginalise

mojado (espalda mojada) =‘wetback’ (pej), Mexican crossing the Rio Grande to reach USA

el multiculturalismo =multiculturalism

la nacionalidad= nationality

nacionalizado =naturalized

padecer (padezco) =to suffer, to endure

pedir (pido) =to ask for

la pena= sadness, pity, sorrow

poner (pongo) en contacto con =to put in touch with

el principio= principle

la procedencia social =social background

el proceso =process

provenir (provengo) =to come form

rechazar =to reject, to refuse

el reconocimiento= recognition

la red =network

la remesa [Mex] =money sent by an immigrant to their family abroad

restante =remaining

el reto =challenge

el retorno =the return

la secularidad =secularism

el sentimiento de pertenencia =feeling of belonging

el/la soñador/a = child of (illegal) Mexican immigrants in USA

soportar =to bear

sostener (sostengo) =to sustain, to uphold

la subida= rise

sumar =to add up to, come to

suponer (supongo) =to suppose

el temor a =fear of

traficar =to traffick

tratar =to treat

el/la vecino/a =neighbour