Educación y Inmigración

Question 1

envilecer

Answer 1

to debase, demean

Question 2

a la altura de los tiempos

Answer 2

(be/move) with the times

Question 3

funesto, desdichado

Answer 3

fatal, wretched

Question 4

ineludible

Answer 4

unavoidable, unescapable

Question 5

menester (adj)

Answer 5

needed, necessary

Question 6

desmoronamiento

Answer 6

collapse, breakdown, crumbling

Question 7

faena

Answer 7

chore

Question 8

dishonra

Answer 8

shame, dishonour

Question 9

consustancial

Answer 9

inherent, essential

Question 10

ingente

Answer 10

huge, enormous

Question 11

desplome

Answer 11

slump

Question 12

restar

Answer 12

to subtract, deduct

Question 13

asesoramiento

Answer 13

advice, guidance

Question 14

raptar

Answer 14

to kidnap, abduct

Question 15

vacunar

Answer 15

to vaccinate, inoculate

Question 16

refugiado

Answer 16

refugee

Question 17

la aduana

Answer 17

customs

Question 18

pedir asilio político

Answer 18

to seek political asylum

Question 19

las chabolas

Answer 19

casas como favelas

Question 20

remesa

Answer 20

remittance

Question 21

mestizaje

Answer 21

mix of races

Question 22

patera (Sp.)/balsero (Cub.)

Answer 22

small boat to cross body of water

Question 23

hacinamiento

Answer 23

overcrowding

Question 24

albergar

Answer 24

to accommodate, shelter

Question 25

desterrar a algn

Answer 25

to exile someone

Question 26

expediente

Answer 26

file, record

Question 27

aculturación

Answer 27

gradual adoption of elements from a foreign culture

Question 28

apátrida

Answer 28

person who identifies with no state

Question 29

coacción

Answer 29

threatening or violent act that prompts someone to say or do something

Question 30

varado

Answer 30

stranded

Question 31

desnaturalización

Answer 31

administrative act stripping someone of their nationality as a result of person/State action

Question 32

decomiso de bienes

Answer 32

confiscation of assets (by police for criminal acts)

Question 33

embargar

Answer 33

to confiscate, seize (by organisation i.e. bank)

Question 34

desplazados

Answer 34

people who have abandoned native land due to violence, human rights, conflict etc

Question 35

frontera verde

Answer 35

authorised crossing points/area

Question 36

fuga de cerebros

Answer 36

“brain drain” - emigration of intelligent/talented people due to lack of opportunities, conflict etc

Question 37

cupo

Answer 37

quota

Question 38

regularización/normalización

Answer 38

process of allowing a foreigner in a problematic situation to seek legal national status

Question 39

patrocinio

Answer 39

(financial) sponsorship/support for other country

Question 40

arraigo social

Answer 40

social roots

Question 41

empadronamiento

Answer 41

registration

Question 42

inscribirse en el padrón

Answer 42

too register on the census

Question 43

aflorar

Answer 43

to (bring to) the surface

Question 44

recurrir a

Answer 44

to turn to

Question 45

casucha

Answer 45

a shanty hut

Question 46

despedir

Answer 46

to throw out, fire, dismiss

Question 47

despedirse

Answer 47

to say goodbye

Question 48

testarudo

Answer 48

headstrong/stubborn

Question 49

tronar

Answer 49

to thunder