la inmigracion mexicana Flashcards
1
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abrir una vía a
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to open the way for
2
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adquirir
A
to acquire
3
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amenazador
A
threatening
4
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aparecer
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to appear
5
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apoyarse
A
to be based on
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arreglar
A
to fix
7
Q
la ascendencia
A
ancestry
8
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la camioneta
A
truck
9
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la ciudadanía
A
citizenship
10
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el/la compatriota
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compatriot
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conceder
A
to give, to grant
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confesar
A
to confess
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conformar
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to make up for
14
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convivir
A
to coexist, live side by side
15
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correr el riesgo
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to run the risk
16
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el cruce
A
crossing
17
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dar lugar a
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to lead to, to give rise to
18
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de acuerdo a
A
according to
19
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decapitado
A
decapitated
20
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desmayarse
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to faint
21
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desobedecer
A
to disobey
22
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despreciar
A
to despise
23
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divulgar
A
to divulge, to release
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emigrar
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to emigrate
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estigmatizar
to stigmatise
26
la estructura social
social fabric
27
la exigencia
demand
28
extorsionar
to extort
29
la formación
training
30
el/la gringo/a
north american
31
el/la hispano
hispanic person
32
indocumentado
illegal immigrant
33
jugar el escondite
to play hide and seek
34
la legalización
legalisation
35
el maletero
car boot
36
marginar
to marginalise
37
mojado
‘wetback’ mexican crossing to the rio grande to reach usa
38
el multiculturalismo
multiculturalism
39
la nacionalidad
nationality
40
nacionalizado
naturalised
41
padecer
to suffer, to endure
42
pedir
to ask for
43
la pena
sadness, pity
44
poner en contacto con
to put in touch with
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el principio
principle
46
la procedencia social
social background
47
el proceso
process
48
provenir
to come from
49
rechazar
to reject, to refuse
50
el reconocimiento
recognition
51
la red
network
52
la remesa
money sent by immigrants to their family abroad
53
restante
remaining
54
el reto
challenge
55
el retorno
the return
56
la secularidad
secularism
57
el sentimiento de pertenencia
feeling of belonging
58
el/la soñador/a
child of illegal mexican immigrants in the usa
59
soportar
to bear
60
sostener
to sustain
61
la subida
rise
62
sumar
to add up, to come to
63
suponer
to support
64
el temor a
fear of
65
traficar
to traffic
66
tratar
to treat
67
el/la vecino/a
neighbour
