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Capitulo 4
Question | Answer |
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los antepasados | ancestors |
el/la bisabuelo/a | great-grandfather/grandmother |
el/la descendiente | descendant |
el/la emigrante | emigrant |
el/la esclavo/a | slave |
el/la extranjero/a | foreigner |
el/la inmigrante | immigrant |
el/la mestizo/a | mestizo (indigenous and European) |
el/la mulato/a | mulatto (black and European) |
el/la pariente lejano/a | distant relative |
el/la refugiado/a politico/a | political refugee |
el/la residente | resident |
el/la tatarabuelo/a | great-great-grandfather/grandmother |
la ascendencia | ancestry |
en busca de nuevos horizontes | in search of new opportunities (horizons) |
la discriminacion | discrimination |
discriminar a alguien | to discriminate against someone |
la emigracion | emigration |
emigrar | to emigrate |
el extranjero | abroad |
hacer algo contra su voluntad | to do something against one's will |
hacerse ciudadano/a | to become a citizen |
hacerse la America | to seek success in America |
la inmigracion | immigration |
inmigrar | to immigrate |
la libertad | freedom |
el orgullo | pride |
recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos | to receive someone with open arms |
sentir nostalgia (por) | to be homesick; to feel nostalgic (about) |
sentirse rechazado/a | to feel rejected |
ser biligue/trilingue/poliglota | to be bilingual/trilingual/a poly glot |
ser mano de obra barata | to be cheap labor |
ser oriundo/a de (+ciudad or pais) | to be originally from (+city or country) |
ser una persona de pocos recursos | to be a low-income person |
ser una persona preparada | to have an education |
tener incentivos | to have incentives |
tener iniciativa | to have initiative/drive |
tener prejuicios contra alguien | to be prejudiced against someone |
tener titulo | to have an education/a degree |
tener un futuro incierto | to have an uncertain future |
acabar/terminar | to run out (of) |
caer | to fall |
descomponer | to break down |
olvidar | to forge |
perder | to lose |
quedar | to leave behind |
quemar | to burn |
romper | to break |