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adinerado/a

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wealthy/rich

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afectar

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to affect

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ahorrar

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to save (money)

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el alquiler

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the rent

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aportar

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to contribute

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asequible

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affordable

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autogestionado/a

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self-managed

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autónomo/a

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independent/self-employed

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beneficioso/a

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beneficial

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los bienes muebles

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moveable property/assests

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los bienes raíces

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real estate

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la bolsa

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the stock market

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la cantidad

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quantity/amount

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caro

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expensive

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la cifra

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figure, number

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el compromiso

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predicament/dilemma/commitment

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contratar

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to hire

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el costo

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the cost

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debido a

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due to

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el desempleo

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unemployment

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desligarse

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to become separated

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la deuda

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debt

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la economía

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economy

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económico

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economical/affordable

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el efecto

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the effect

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ejercer (yo-zco)

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to practice, excercise

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emprender

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to set forth/undertake

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la empresa

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company

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las estadísticas

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statistics

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el estándar de vida

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standard of living

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la fuerza laboral

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labor force

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la fuga de cerebros

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brain drain

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los gastos

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expenses

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la gestión

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paperwork/management

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el gobierno

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government

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la hipoteca

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mortgage

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los impuestos

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taxes

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la incertidumbre

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uncertainty

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los ingresos

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incomes

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la inversión

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investment

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invertir (e-ie)

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to invest

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el micropréstamo

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microloan

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el monto

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amount

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netamente

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purely

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el paro

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work stoppage/strike/unemployment

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pobre

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poor

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la pobreza

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poverty

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la política

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politics/policy

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el préstamo

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loan

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prestar

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to lend

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el presupuesto

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budget

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pretender

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to hope/expect/pretend

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el Producto Interior Bruto (PIB)

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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el promedio

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average

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la recesión

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recession

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la remuneración

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pay/compensation/remuneration

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los recortes

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cutbacks

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reducir (yo-zco)

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to reduce

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la renta

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rent

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rico/a

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rich

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la riqueza

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wealth

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la tasa de interés

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interest rate

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la utilidad

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utility/usefulness

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adaptar

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to adapt

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agotar

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to run out

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el agujero

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hole

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amenazado/a

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threatened

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la atmósfera

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atmosphere

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el auge

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peak/rise/growth

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el aumento de temperatura

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increase in temperature

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el calentamiento global

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global warming

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el cambio climático

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climate change

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la capa de ozono

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ozone layer

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el carbón

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coal

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la carencia

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lack/shortage

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el clima

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climate/weather

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los combustibles fósiles

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fossil fuels

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conservar

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to conserve

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el consumo sostenible

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sustainable consumption

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la contaminación

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pollution/contamination

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contaminado/a

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polluted/contaminated

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dañar

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to damage/hurt

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dar a conocer

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to make public

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la degradación

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degradation

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derramar

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to spill

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derretir (e-i)

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to melt

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el desecho

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waste

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la desglación

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thawing

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desperdiciar

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to waste

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el desperdicio

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waste

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el deslave

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landslide

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el dióxido de carbono

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carbon dioxide

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disminuir (yo-yo)

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to diminish

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el efecto invernadero

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greenhouse effect

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eficaz

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efficient

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en peligro de extinción

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in danger of extinction

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las energías renovables/verdes

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renewable/green energy

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escaso/a

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scarce

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la escasez

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scarcity

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la especie

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species

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la extinción

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extinction

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fomentar

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to encourage/promote

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grave

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serious

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hacer daño

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to damage/hurt

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la industrialización

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industrialization

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intervenir

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to intervene

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llevar a cabo

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to carry out

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el mar

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the sea

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movilizarse

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to mobilize

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el peligro

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danger

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peligroso/a

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dangerous

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la pesticida

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pesticide

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el petróleo

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petroleum

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prevenir

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to prevent

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promover (o-ue)

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to promote

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el químico

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chemical

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el reciclaje

A

recycling

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los recursos naturales

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natural resources

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el resultado

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the result

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requerir (e-ie)

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to require

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el reto

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challenge

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salvar

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to save (someone/something)

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la selva

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jungle

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sembrar (e-ie)

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to plant

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la sequía

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drought

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tomar conciencia de

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to become aware of

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tomar en serio

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to take seriously

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tomar medidas

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to take measures

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el transporte público

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public transportation

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el veneno

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poison

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albergar

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to house/to be home to

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la alimentación

A

food

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alimentar

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to feed

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el alza

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increase/rise

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el/la aportador/a

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contributor

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el censo

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census

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el crecimiento

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growth

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la cumbre

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summit

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la demografía

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demography (statistical study of populations)

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la densidad

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density

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el desplazamiento

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displacement

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desplazar

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to displace

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el embotellamiento

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traffic jam/bottleneck/congestion

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el envejecimiento

A

aging

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la explosión demográfica

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demographic explosion

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la falta de agua potable

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lack of potable (drinkable) water

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la hambruna

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famine

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el incremento

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increase/growth/rise

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mitigar

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to mitigate (to lessen the effects of something)

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mortalidad

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mortality

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la natalidad

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birth rate

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la sobrepoblación

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overpopulation

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sostenible

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sustainable

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la vejez

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old age

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la vivienda

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housing

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vertiginosamente

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dizzying/very rapidly

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el abestecimiento

A

supply

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la adecuación

A

adaptation

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el azar

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chance/luck/fate

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caducar

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to expire

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la caridad

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charity

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la casualidad

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chance/coincidence

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casualmente

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by chance/by coincidence

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el conflicto armado

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armed conflict

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el cuidado médico

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medical care

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la desigualdad

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inequality

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el espacio público

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public space

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el/la funcionario/a

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public employee

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la guerra

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war

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la igualdad

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equality

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primar

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to come first/to be supreme/to prevail

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la impunidad

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impunity (lack of punishment)

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publicitario/a

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advertising

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recaudar fondos

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to collect funds

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el saneamiento

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sanitation

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sano/a

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healthy

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subsistir

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to subsist

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la voluntad propia

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free will

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alegrarse

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to be happy/pleased

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angustiado/a

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anxious

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la ansiedad

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anxiety

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deprimido/a

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depressed

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desilusionado/a

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disappointed/disillusioned

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emocionado/a

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excited

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emocionante

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exciting

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entusiasmado/a

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excited/enthusiastic

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enfadarse

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to irritate/annoy

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enojarse

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to get angry/mad

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la envidia

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envy

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excitar

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to excite/provoke

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ponerse…

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to become/get…( an emotion)

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preocuparse

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to worry

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temer

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to fear

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impredicible

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unpredictable

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la ganadería

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livestock, cattle industry

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las pandillas

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gangs

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las maras

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gangs

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el crimen organizado

A

organized crime

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el narcotráfico

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drug trafficking

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reclutar

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to recruit

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la violencia

A

violence

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el asesinato

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murder

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el programa

A

program

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el problema

A

problem

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el sistema

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system

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el ganado

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cattle, livestock

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la tala

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The wood cutting, logging

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la granja

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farm

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