Capítulo 7: La educación y las profesiones Flashcards
la beca
scholarship (financial reward)
la carrera
career; university major
la conferencia
lecture
el curso
program, course of study
el/la estudiante de primero (segundo, tercero, cuarto, quinto, sexto)
first-year student (sophomore, junior, senior, 5th-, 6th-year undergraduate)
la facultad
school within a university
el intercambio
exchange
la materia (H.A.), la asignatura
course, subject (school)
la matrícula
tuition
el metro
subway
la mochila
backpack
la pensión
boarding house
el profesorado
faculty
la oficina de servicios escolares (Mex.), la secretaría
office of student services, secretary’s office (for student services or other business)
aprobar (ue)
to pass, to get a passing grade
apurarse
to worry; to rush (H.A.)
arreglarse
to arrange, fix; to sort out
enterarse de
to find out about
reprobar (ue) (H.A.), suspender (Sp.)
to fail, to get a failing grade
antipático/a
unpleasant, disagreeable
deprimido/a
depressed
Anda (tú). (Ande [Ud.].)
Come on., Go on.
estar libre
to be free, to be unoccupied
menos mal
it’s a good thing…, it’s just as well
tener aspecto
to look, to appear
los apuntes
notes (for a course or lecture)
el ausentismo (H.A.), el absentismo (Sp.)
absenteeism
el bachillerato
secondary (high school) education and the degree obtained
la calificación, la nota
grade
la carpeta
folder
la carrera experimental
scientific course of study
la carrera humanística
liberal arts course of study
la casa particular
private home
la cátedra
chair, professorship
el/la catedrático/a
senior professor
la clase optativa
elective course, optional course
los deberes
homework, assignments
el/la decano/a
dean
la diplomatura
undergraduate degree obtained after a course of study that is shorter than the one required for a licenciatura
el doctorado
doctoral (Ph.D.) degree
la enseñanza
teaching
la especialización
major, field of study
el expediente (del estudiante)
(student) record or file
la hemeroteca
newspaper and periodicals library
el informe
report
la intromisión
interference
