El español en el mundo Flashcards

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Estar avergonzado/a

Darse vergüenza

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to feel ashamed

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el habla castiza

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pure way of speaking

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Spanish speakers/Hispanic America/ Latin America

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Hispanohablantes/Hispanoamérica/Latinoamérica

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to distinguish

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distinguir

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Hablar “fino”

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to speak in a refined/proper way

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A neutral accent

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Un acento neutro

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to have/hide an accent

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tener/ocultar un acento

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to force/neutralise an accent

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forzar/neutralizar un acento

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skill/ability in use of language

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la destreza en el uso de la lengua

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deployment of words

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El despliegue (de palabras)

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Classism/Classist

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Clasismo/Clasista

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People conversing

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Las/Los interlocutores

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To use language as a weapon

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utilizar la lengua como un arma arrojadiza

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linguistics

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la lingüística

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philology

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la filología

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Semantics

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La semántica

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To be of the opinion

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opinar/ser de la opinión/considerar

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Reglas ortográficas inamovibles

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unchangeable orthographic rules

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pronouncing “c” as ‘s’ rather than “th”

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el seseo

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arbitrariness

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La arbitrariedad

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Abundance of poor uses of La and Le pronouns

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La profusión/abundancia de laismos y leismos

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to project/strengthen tone and timbre

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impostar el tono y el timbre

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To regulate the volume of voice

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Regular el volumen de la voz

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24
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street

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callejero

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25
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la eclosión

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the emergence

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to hispanise

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hispanizar

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speaker

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el locutor

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communication system

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el sistema de comunicación

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dialect

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el dialecto

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loan word

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el calco de traducción/préstamo

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permeability

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la permeabilidad

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changeable nature

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la naturaleza mutable

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33
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to undervalue

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menospreciar

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34
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a frontier

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una zona fronteriza

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35
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an urban/rural accent

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un acento urbano / un acento rural

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36
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Native american person

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amerindio

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37
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The command of a language

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El dominio de un idioma

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A variant

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Una variante

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a word

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un vocablo

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the ghetto

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El gueto

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Americanism

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Estadounidismo

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the way of speaking

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La modalidad del habla

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A mutation of Spanish

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una Mutación del español

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Hybrid between two langauges

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Un Híbrido entre dos idiomas

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El canon establecido

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The established canon

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purists of a langauge

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Los/as puristas de la lengua

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To give legitimacy and validity to a language/word

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Dar legitimidad y validez a una lengua/vocablo

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a person’s own way of speaking

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El habla propia de una persona

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Canon, canons of the language, canonical language

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Canon/Cánones de la lengua / Lengua canónica

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Code exchange - to employ two languages in the same turn of speech

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Intercambio de códigos - emplear dos lenguas en el mismo turno de palabra

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Calques

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Calcos léxicos

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linguistic isolation

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El aislamiento lingüístico

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The good/bad health of a language

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La buena/mala salud de un idioma

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to widen cultural/interpersonal relations

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Estrechar relaciones culturales/interpersonales

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Support the defence of bilingualism

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Secundar la defensa del bilingüismo

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monolingual/bilingual/multilingual speakers

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Hablantes monolingües/bilingües/Plurilingües

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to take loan words

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tomar préstamos lingüísticos

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A colonial dialect

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Un dialecto colonial

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referring to someone as vos

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el voseo

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A subordinate language to another

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Una lengua subordinada a otra

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to validate a word

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acuñar un término

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To make oneself literate in a language

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Alfabetizarse en una lengua

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Majority/minority language

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una lengua mayoritaria/minoritaria

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lack of linguistic loyalty

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Una falta de lealtad lingüístico

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First, second, and third gen immigrants

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Inmigrantes de primera, segunda, y tercera generación

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languages of the amerindians

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las lenguas amerindias

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indigenous languages

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las lengas indígenas

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aboriginal languages

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idiomas aborígines

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heritage

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un patrimonio

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Worthy of

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Digno de

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to live on

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perdurar

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to thrive/live on

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prevalecer

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Apremiante

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urgent/compelling

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la implantación de una lengua

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the implementation of a language

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linguistic unification

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la unificación lingüistica

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a lexicon

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un léxico

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inalienable right

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Un derecho inalienable

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linguistic rights

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Derechos lingüísticos

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Pro-native movement

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Movimiento indigenista

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Diglossia - when two languages are used in different circumstances within one community

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la diglosia / una situación de diglosia

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English is a universal vehicle of comprehension to transmit ideas

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El ingles es un vehículo de comprensión universal para transmitir ideas

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Ethnic groups

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Grupos étnicos

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compete al gobierno

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it is the responsibility of the government

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To encourage the learning of a language/culture

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fomentar el cultivo de una lengua/una cultura

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Languages are linked to the identity of groups

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Lenguas son ligadas a la identidad de los colectivos

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linguistic coexistence

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La convivencia lingüística

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multilingual geographies

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las geografías plurilingües

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To treasure a history/ a heritage

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Atesorar una Historia/ un patrimonio

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Richness of dialects and varieties

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Riqueza de dialectos y variedades

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when there are two official languages of a nation

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La cooficialidad de dos lenguas/una Lengua cooficial en un territorio

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A process of language unification

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Un proceso de unificación idiomática

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datar de

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to date from

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to suffer decline

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sufrir decadencia

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Tener parentesco con (algo/alguien)

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to have a relation to something/someone