Capítulo Cuatro Flashcards
Analfabeta
Illiterate
Acta
Act (official document)
Anjelaban
They longed for
Apresado
Imprisoned
Cuadillismo
Authoritarian form of government led by a CAUDILLO, or leader. I Spanish-speaking Latin America the word often means despotic government
Colonos
Settlers
Colorados
Members of the liberal party of Uruguay
Costumbrista
A follower of costumbrismo, literature of local customs and manners
Desembocar en
To lead to
Enmienda
Amendment
Escudara
Fleet
Gaucho
Inhabitant of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay
Golpe de estado
Coup d’état
Guano y salitre
Guano and nitrates (fertilizer)
Ilustrados
Cultured, learned
Indigenosmo
Latin-American political and literary movement that champions the Indian population and its culture
No Fue ajena a
Was aware of, was in contact with
Realistas
Royalists
Recelo
Mistrust
Reveses
Setbacks
Se amotinan
Rise up, rebel
Se regía
It was governed
Se vio desafiada
Found itself challenged
Siglo de las luces
Age of Enlightenment