Romero Vocab Flashcards
apoyar
to support
el apoyo
support
asesinar/ matar
to kill/ murder
la matanza/ el masacre
mass killing, massacre
disparar (una arma)
to shoot, fire (a weapon)
votar
to vote
el votante
voter
las elecciones falsas
unfair (corrupt) elections
la guerrilla
rebel group (generally peasants) that want change
el grupo guerillo
¨ ¨
el guerrillero
individual that is part of ¨la guerilla¨
la manifestación/ la protesta
protest
protestar
to protest
quitar (le) la tierra
to take away land from someone
los derechos humanos
human rights
la justicia (la injusticia)
justice (injustice)
justo (injusto)
fair (unfair)
desaparacer
to disappear
los desparecidos
those that have disappeared
perseguir
to persecute
estar en contra
to be against
estar a favor
to be for/ in favor
torturar
to torture
la tortura
torture
rebelarse
to rebel
sufrir
to suffer
el sufrimiento
suffering
la insurrección/ el levantamiento
uprising
estar encargado de
to be in charge of
secuestrar
to abduct/ kidnap
el secuestro
abduction/ kidnapping
el rehén
hostage
el rescate
ransom
el comunismo
communism
el comunista
communist (noun and adjective)
la clase alta (baja)
upper (lower) class
el cura/ el sacerdote
priest
la misa
mass (catholic church service)
el arzobispo
archbishop
la política
politics
detener/ arrestar
to detain/ arrest
compadecerse de
to sympathize with
tratar
to treat
el tratamiento
treatment
arriesgar la vida
to risk one´s life
amenazar
to threaten
la amenaza (de muerte)
(death) threat
defender (e-ie)
to defend
la pobreza
poverty
el punto de visa
point of view
tener la culpa
to be at blame, at fault
la cárcel
jail
involucrarse en/ meterse en
to become involved in
los prisioneros (presos) políticos
political prisoners
