Argentina & Cuba Vocab
Key Terms
- la amnistía - Amnesty
- el análisis de sangre - Blood test
- asesinato - Murder
- asesino - Murderer
- asesinar - To murder
- el campo de concentración - Concentration camp
- el captor - Captor
- condenar - To sentence, condemn
- denunciar - To inform, report (to police)
- la macana, mentira - Lie
- culpable - Guilty
- civil - Civilian
- el delito - Crime, offense
- derechos humanos - Human rights
- la desaparición - Disappearance
- desaparecer - To disappear
- dictador - Dictator
- dictadura - Dictatorship
- esposas - Handcuffs
- Fuerzas Armadas - Armed Forces
- genocidio - Genocide
- golpe militar - Military coup
- guerra sucia - Dirty war
- indulto - Pardon (political)
- junta militar - Military government
- militar - Military person
- nieto - Grandson
- parto - Childbirth
- el poder - Power
- la prensa - Press
- el régimen - Regime
- la tortura - Torture
- la violencia - Violence
- adoptar - To adopt
- aguantar - To endure
- apoyar - To support
- carecer de - To lack
- empeñarse en - To insist on
- ignorar - To be unaware of
- llevar a cabo - To carry out
- lograr - To attain, achieve
- luchar (contra) - To fight (against)
- procesar - To try (in court)
- reprimir - To repress
- secuestrar - To kidnap
- secuestrado - Kidnapped
- el secuestro - Kidnapping
- sospechar - To suspect
- violar - To violate, rape
Adjectives Related to Human Rights Context
- adoptado - Adopted
- adoptivo - Adoptive
- atado - Tied up
- embarazada - Pregnant
- militar - Military (adjective)
- subversivo - Subversive (rebel)
Concepts of Oppression and Resistance
- esclavizar - To enslave
- la picana (eléctrica) - Electric shock (torture)
- el submarino - Dunking, waterboarding
- dar a luz - To give birth
- el paradero - The whereabouts
Other Relevant Vocabulary
- los esclavos - Slaves
- la esclavitud - Slavery
- el preso - Prisoner
- la escasez de - The shortage of
- el ejército - Army
- a mediados de (el siglo) - In the middle of (the century)
- denunciar - To denounce, to condemn
- derribar - To demolish, to bring down
- derrocar - To overthrow, to oust
- el cuartel - Barracks
- invadir - To invade
- gozar de - To enjoy
- empresa - Company
- apoderarse - To take over, to come to power
- vencer - To conquer
- importar(de en) - To import (from)
- exportar(a) - To export (to)
- exiliarse - To go into exile
- los exiliados - Exiles
- malversar (malversado) - To embezzle (embezzled)
- ejecutar - To execute, to carry out
- refugiarse - To take refuge
- aislar - To isolate
- los partidarios de - Followers/supporters of
- el dictador - Dictator
- dictatorial - Dictatorial
- luchar - To fight, to struggle
- estar radicado (en un lugar) - Based in
- el sincretismo - Syncretism, the fusion of several cultures
- el crisol - Melting point
- la amnistía - Amnesty