F3S1 - narco Flashcards

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1
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To sink

A

(H)undir

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2
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To dig under / to undermine

A

Socavar

El proyecto ha sido criticado por socavar la libertad de expresión.

The bill has been criticized for undermining freedom of expression.

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3
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To hinder/obstruct (3)

A

dificultar
Entorpecer
obstaculizar

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4
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Roots/support

A

El arraigo

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5
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To flatten / to level

A

Allanar

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6
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Board

A

La junta

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7
Q

Estupefacientes

A

Narcotics

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8
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Reexpedir

A

To resend (used in a business manner with drugs? Being repackaged?)

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9
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The weakness

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La debilidad

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10
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La delincuencia organizada

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Organized crime

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11
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Delictivo/a

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Criminal

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12
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Procedente

A

Coming from

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13
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Seizure

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Incautación

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14
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Untimely/ungodly (meaning really untimely)

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Intempestivo

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15
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Hasta que

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Until

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16
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La media mundial

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Global average

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17
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Por encima

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Can mean above

18
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Preocupación

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Concern/ worry

19
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Uso indebido

A

Abuse
Indebido - improper/wrongful

20
Q

Ecstasy

A

Éxtasis (literal and the drug)

21
Q

Scared

A

Asustado/a

22
Q

Police station

A

La comisaría

23
Q

Equipaje

A

Luggage

24
Q

Sabe usted lo que hay dentro?

A

Do you know what’s inside?

25
Q

Soler imperfect and present

A

Imperfect - to used to
Present - to tend to

26
Q

País de procedencia?

A

What country are you coming from?

27
Q

Calvario

A

Can mean torture

28
Q

Perdedores

A

Can just mean those that missed out
Perdedores de la crisis económica

29
Q

To whip

A

Azotar (can be figurative)

30
Q

En paro

A

Unemployed
Possibly on strike

31
Q

Construcción worker

A

Albaniles

32
Q

Amas de casa

A

House wife?

33
Q

Prison sentence

A

Condena

34
Q

Paradoxically

A

Paradójicamente

35
Q

Chain

A

Cadena

36
Q

To recruit

A

Reclutar
Los reclutadas

37
Q

Soup kitchens

A

Comedores de beneficencia

38
Q

The moral

A

La moraleja

39
Q

Los policías
La policía

A

The police (referencing the officers)
The police (referencing the institution)

40
Q

Supporters and Detractors

A

Defensores
Detractores