F3S1 - narco Flashcards
To sink
(H)undir
To dig under / to undermine
Socavar
El proyecto ha sido criticado por socavar la libertad de expresión.
The bill has been criticized for undermining freedom of expression.
To hinder/obstruct (3)
dificultar
Entorpecer
obstaculizar
Roots/support
El arraigo
To flatten / to level
Allanar
Board
La junta
Estupefacientes
Narcotics
Reexpedir
To resend (used in a business manner with drugs? Being repackaged?)
The weakness
La debilidad
La delincuencia organizada
Organized crime
Delictivo/a
Criminal
Procedente
Coming from
Seizure
Incautación
Untimely/ungodly (meaning really untimely)
Intempestivo
Hasta que
Until
La media mundial
Global average
Por encima
Can mean above
Preocupación
Concern/ worry
Uso indebido
Abuse
Indebido - improper/wrongful
Ecstasy
Éxtasis (literal and the drug)
Scared
Asustado/a
Police station
La comisaría
Equipaje
Luggage
Sabe usted lo que hay dentro?
Do you know what’s inside?
Soler imperfect and present
Imperfect - to used to
Present - to tend to
País de procedencia?
What country are you coming from?
Calvario
Can mean torture
Perdedores
Can just mean those that missed out
Perdedores de la crisis económica
To whip
Azotar (can be figurative)
En paro
Unemployed
Possibly on strike
Construcción worker
Albaniles
Amas de casa
House wife?
Prison sentence
Condena
Paradoxically
Paradójicamente
Chain
Cadena
To recruit
Reclutar
Los reclutadas
Soup kitchens
Comedores de beneficencia
The moral
La moraleja
Los policías
La policía
The police (referencing the officers)
The police (referencing the institution)
Supporters and Detractors
Defensores
Detractores
