los jóvenes Flashcards
ambiente (m) familiar
family environment
aborto (m)
abortion
botellón (m)
recent phenomenon in which Spanish people buy alcohol and snacks and consume them in the street
brecha (f) generacional
generation gap
casarse de penalty
to have a shotgun wedding
clase (f) baja/media/alta
lower/middle/upper class
cobrar el paro
to receive unemployment benefit
comer el coco
to brainwash
consumo (m) de alcohol
alcohol consumption
contestar
to answer (back)
contrato (m) eventual
temporary contract
correo (m) electrónico
cortar
to stop going out with someone
costar un riñón
to cost a bomb
cubata (m)
spirit combined with a soft drink (originally rum and coke)
dar un portazo
to slam the door
dar un telefonazo
to give someone a ring
de madrugada
in the early hours
dejar un recado
to leave a message
desempleo (m)
unemployment
desengaño (m) amoroso
an unhappy love affair
discoteca (f) “light”
a nightclub for 14 to 18-year-olds where only soft drinks are allowed
droga (f)
drugs
drogarse
to take drugs
emancipación (f)
emancipation
emborracharse
to get drunk
empalmar
to go out for the whole night
empollón (m)
swot
encontrar tu media naranja
to meet your better half
engañar a alguien
to be unfaithful to someone
entrar en el mercado laboral
to enter the job market
envejecer
to grow old
estar a la moda
to be trendy
estar en el paro
to be unemployed
estar en la flor de la vida
to be in the prime of life
estar “pedo”
to be “sloshed”
estar sin blanca
to be broke
estar verde
to be “green”; inexperience
falta (f) de integración
lack of integration
falta (f) de respeto
lack of respect
formación (f)
education, training
hacer una carrera
to study for a degree
idealista
idealistic
idolo (m)
idol, hero
igualdad (f) de sexos
equal opportunities
independizarse
to become independent
individualista
individualistic
informática (f)
information technology
inmaduro
immature
ir al cine/teatro
to go to the cinema/ theatre
ir de compras
to go shopping
ir de marcha
to go out on the town
ir de tapeo
Spanish tradition of going for a drink and bar snacks
legalizar las drogas
to legalise drugs
licenciatura (f)
a university degree
ligar
to “pull”, “pick up”
llevarse bien/ mal con
to get on well/ badly with
luchar por unos ideales
to fight for ideals
marca (f)
brand, make
natalidad (f)
birth rate
nocivo
harmful, damaging
novio/a (m,f)
boyfriend/ girlfriend
padre/madre soltero/a (m,f)
single parent
paga (f)
weekly/monthly allowance that some parents give to their adolescent children
pasta (f)
dosh
pendón(a) (m,f)
stop-out, party animal
peña (f)
big group of friends
perder (ie)* el norte
to lose sight of reality