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Chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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el antepasado | ancestor |
el/la bisabuelo/a | great grandfather/mother |
el/la cuñado/a | brother/sister in law |
el/la esposo/a | spouse |
el/la hermano/a gemelo/a | twin brother/sister |
el/la hermanastro | stepbrother/stepsister |
el/la hijo/a único/a | only child |
la madrasta | stepmother |
el/la medio/a hermano/a | half brother/sister |
el/la nieto/a | grandson/granddaughter |
el padrasto | stepfather |
el/la pariente | relative |
el/la primo/a | cousin |
el/la sobrino/a | nephew/niece |
el/la suegro/a | father/mother in law |
el tío/a (abuelo/a) | (great) uncle/aunt |
el yerno | son in law |
agradecer | to thank |
apoyar (se) | to support |
criar | to raise (children) |
independizarse | to become independent |
lamentar | to regret |
malcriar | to spoil |
mimar | to pamper |
mudarse | to move |
pelear (se) | to fight with (one another) |
quejarse (de) | to complain (about) |
regañar | to scold |
respetar | to respect |
superar | to overcome |
el carácter | character, personality |
(bien) educado/a | well mannered |
egoista | selfish |
estricto/a | strict |
exigente | demandinig |
honrado/a | honest |
insoportable | unbearable |
maleducado/a | ill mannered |
mandón/mandona | bossy |
rebelde | rebelllious |
submiso/a | submissive |
unido/a | close knit |
la adolescencia | adolecence |
el/la adolescente | adolescent |
el/la adulto/a | adult |
la edad adulta | adulthood |
la juventud | youth |
la muerte | death |
el nacimiento | birth |
la niñez | childhood |
el/la niño/a | child |
la vejez | old age |
el apodo | nickname |
la ascendencia | heritage |
la autoestima | self esteem |
la brecha generacional | generation gap |
la comprensión | understanding |
la patria | homeland |
el prejuicio social | social prejudice |
el raiz | ROOT NOT RACE |
el sexo | gender |
heredar | to inherit |
parecerse | to look like |
realizarse | to become true |
sobrevivir | to survive |
la arepera | restaraunt serving arepas |
el asilo | asylum |
el comunismo | communism |
el consulado | consulate |
la deuda | debt |
el disparate | silly remark/action nonsense |
el/la extranjero/a | foreinger, alien |
la ganacia | profit |
el/la gusano.a | cuban exile (literally means worms) |
la manifestacion | protest |
la pancarta | banner, sign |
la pérdida | loss |
las prestaciones | social assistance |
la pérdida | loss |
el/la residente | resident |
alcanzar | to be enough, to reach |
botar | to fire, to throw out |
firmar | to sign |
repartir | to distribute, to hand out, NOT TO REPEAT |
chévere | great, fantastic |
la creencia | belief |
el cultivo | farming, cultivation |
la desaparición | dissappearance |
la esperanza | hope |
la etnia | ethnic group |
la fe | faith |
el/la historiador(a) | historian |
la lengua | language |
la receta | recipe |
el rito sagrado | sacred ritual |
el sacerdote | priest |
cultivar | to farm, to cultivate |
homenajear a los dioses | to pay homage to the gods |
la civilización | civilization |
el conocimiento | knowledge |
la conquista | conquest |
el desdén | disdain |
el fraile(fray) | friar, monk |
la opresión | opression |
la religión | religion |
despreciar | to look down, to disapreciate |
rodear | to surround |
sacrificar | to sacrifice |
salvar | to save |
aislado/a | isolated |
digno/a | worthy |
poderoso/a | powerful |
sí mismo/a | his/her self |