General Como Agua Para Chocolate Vocab 🌶️🌮🇲🇽 Flashcards
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el ambiente
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atmosphere
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el argumento
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plot
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al comienzo/final de la novela
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at the beginning/end of the novel
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como señala el/la autor(a)
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as the author points out/shows
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el desarrollo de la intriga
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plot development
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el desarrollo lineal
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linear development
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la descripción del paisaje
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description of the landscape
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el desenlace
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outcome, denouement
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el entorno
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environment
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entrelazar las historias
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to interweave the stories
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la escena retrospectiva
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flashback
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el estilo
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style
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un giro inesperado
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an unexpected twist
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la imagen eficaz
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effective image
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el marco histórico/social
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historical/social setting/background
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la metáfora
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metaphor
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la narración en primera persona
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first-person narration
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el/la narrador(a) omnisciente
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omniscient narrator
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la narrativa
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narrative, fiction (genre)
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la novela por entregas
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serialised novel
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la obra
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work
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el personaje
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character
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presagiar
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to foreshadow
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el/la protagonista
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main character
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el punto de vista
point of view
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recrear el período/la época
to re-create the period/era
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redactar
to write, to edit
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el relato
story
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el resumen del argumento
plot summary
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la secuencia de los sucesos
sequence of events
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el sentido de lugar
sense of place
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el subtema
sub-plot
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el telón de fondo
backcloth, backdrop
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la tragedia
tragedy
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la trama
plot
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se trata (del amor, etc.)
it is a question of love etc.
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aconsejar
to give advice
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el aliento
breath
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el/la amante
lover
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anhelar
to yearn for
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apoyar
to support
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arriesgarse
to risk
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asumir
to come to terms with
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cobarde
cowardly
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conquistar
to win over
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consternado/a
distraught
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el/la criado/a
servant who lives with a family (lit. raised)
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egoista
selfish
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enfrentar
to face
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exultante
elated
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honrado/a
honest
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(in)sensible
(in)sensitive
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la lujuria
lust
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malvado/a
evil
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el manicomio
lunatic asylum
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merecedor(a)
worthy, deserving
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el/la mulato/a
mulatto (of mixed white and black race)
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los parientes
relatives
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el parto
birth
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el personaje
character
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el "qué dirán"
the opinion of others/society
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los quehaceres
chores
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rechazar
to reject
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resistente
resilient
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la sabiduría
wisdom
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secuestrar, raptar
to kidnap
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sufrido/a
long-suffering, uncomplaining
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sumiso/a
submissive
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testarudo/a
stubborn
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torpe
awkward
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el vientre
womb
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What does 'abrasador(a)' mean?
burning
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What does 'acomodado/a' mean?
well-off
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What does 'el ambiente' mean?
atmosphere
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What does 'amenazar (con)' mean?
to threaten (with)
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What does 'apasionado/a' mean?
passionate
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What does 'los buenos modales' mean?
good manners
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What does 'casarse (con alguien)' mean?
to marry (someone)
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What does 'casero/a' mean?
homely, home-made
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What does 'el comportamiento' mean?
behaviour
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What does 'la costumbre' mean?
custom
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What does 'cuidar de' mean?
to look after
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What does 'desenfrenado/a' mean?
wild, uncontrollable
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What does 'el destino' mean?
fate, destiny
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What does 'el dolor' mean?
grief, sorrow
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What does 'elegir' mean?
to choose
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What does 'embelesado/a' mean?
captivated
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What does 'indigena' mean?
native, indigenous (of the Americas)
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What does 'la inestabilidad' mean?
instability
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What does 'liberar' mean?
to free
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What does 'la libertad' mean?
freedom
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What does 'luchar' mean?
to struggle, fight
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What does 'el marco' mean?
framework
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What does 'el matrimonio' mean?
marriage, matrimony
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What does 'obedecer' mean?
to obey
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What does 'pedir la mano' mean?
to ask for someone's hand (in marriage)
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What does 'el placer' mean?
pleasure
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What does 'poderoso/a' mean?
powerful
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What does 'probar' mean?
to taste
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What does 'prohibir' mean?
to forbid
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What does 'la receta' mean?
recipe
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What does 'sabroso/a' mean?
tasty
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What does 'soltero/a' mean?
single, unmarried
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What does 'el sufrimiento' mean?
suffering
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What does 'el trasfondo' mean?
background, setting
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What does 'el vinculo' mean?
link, bond
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What does 'alejar' mean?
to move away
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What does 'alimentar' mean?
to feed
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What does 'amamantar' mean?
to breastfeed
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What does 'la angustia' mean?
anguish
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What does 'ardiente' mean?
burning
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What does 'la boda' mean?
wedding
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What does 'celoso/a' mean?
jealous
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What does 'el cerillo (Méx.)' mean?
match
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What does 'el/la cocinero/a' mean?
cook
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What does 'cuidar' mean?
to look after
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What does 'la desgracia' mean?
misfortune
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What does 'el dolor' mean?
pain, sorrow
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What does 'embarazada' mean?
pregnant
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What does 'encender' mean?
to light
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What does 'la encrucijada' mean?
crossroads
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What does 'enfrentarse a' mean?
to face (up to)
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What does 'estar enamorado/a de' mean?
to be in love with
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What does 'el fantasma' mean?
ghost
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What does 'la felicidad' mean?
happiness
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What does 'el golpe' mean?
blow
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What does 'hervir' mean?
to boil
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What does '(el/la) indígena' mean?
(the native, indigenous (of the Americas)
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What does 'la mentira' mean?
lie
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What does 'molesto/a' mean?
annoyed
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What does 'nacer' mean?
to be born
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What does 'el pastel' mean?
cake
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What does 'pedir la mano' mean?
to ask for someone's hand (in marriage)
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What does 'pelearse' mean?
to fight, to quarrel
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What does 'probar' mean?
to taste, to try
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What does 'prohibir' mean?
to forbid
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What does 'el/la rebelde' mean?
rebel
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What does 'la receta' mean?
recipe
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What does 'recuperarse' mean?
to recover
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What does 'la tristeza' mean?
sadness
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What does 'volverse loco/a' mean?
to go mad
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What is 'el acta de nacimiento'?
birth certificate
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What is 'el ambiente'?
atmosphere
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What is 'el burdel'?
brothel
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What is 'el castigo'?
punishment, chastisement
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What is 'el caudillo'?
leader (of a revolution)
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What is 'el chisme'?
gossip
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What does 'chismear/chismorrear' mean?
to gossip
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What is 'el comportamiento'?
behaviour
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What does 'cortejar' mean?
to court, to woo
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What is 'la cortesía'?
politeness
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What is 'la criada'?
female servant who grows up with a family (lit. raised)
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What does 'criollo/a' refer to?
Latin American of European origin
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What does 'desheredar' mean?
to disown
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What is 'la dote'?
dowry
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What is 'el epazote'?
(Méx.) herb tea
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What is 'la época'?
era
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What does 'el/la esclavo/a' mean?
slave
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What is 'el estrato social'?
social rank or class
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What does 'exquisito/a' mean?
delicious
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What does 'hacer de casamentero/a, hacer de celestino/a' mean?
to matchmake
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What is 'el hito histórico'?
historic landmark
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What does 'el/la huérfano/a' mean?
orphan
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What is 'el lazo'?
bond
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What is 'el linaje'?
ancestry
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What is 'el marco social'?
social framework
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What does 'mestizo/a' refer to?
of mixed race (American Indian and white)
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What are 'los modales'?
manners
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What is 'el nahuatl'?
Nahuatl, language of the Aztecs
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What is 'la paliza'?
beating
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What does 'pudiente' mean?
rich
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What is 'el "qué dirán"'?
public opinion (lit. the what they will say)
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What does 'raptar' mean?
to kidnap
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What are 'las reglas'?
rules
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What does 'saquear' mean?
to ransack
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What is 'el trasfondo histórico'?
historical backdrop
