U6L3 Vocabulario

Question 1

gama:

serie de elementos que pertenecen a una misma clase o categoría

Answer 1

spectrum:
series of elements that belong to the same class or category

Question 2

bachata:

baile popular dominicano

Answer 2

Bachata:

Dominican popular dance

Question 3

cumbia:
danza popular de Colombia y Panamá, usa de cuyas figuras se caracteriza por llevar los danzantes una vela encendida en la mano

Answer 3

Cumbia:
popular dance from Colombia and Panama, whose figures are characterized by the dancers carrying a lit candle in their hands

Question 4

vallenato:

música popular de Colombia

Answer 4

Vallenate:

popular music from Colombia

Question 5

mambo:

música y baile populares de origen cubano

Answer 5

Mambo:

popular music and dance of Cuban origin

Question 6

chachachá:

baile moderno de origen cubano, derivado de la rumba y el mambo

Answer 6

Cha Cha Cha:

Modern dance of Cuban origin, derived from the Rumba and the Mambo

Question 7

plena:

canto y baile popular de ritmo afroantillano. Un baile tradicional de Puerto Rico

Answer 7

Plena:

popular song and dance of Afro-Caribbean rhythm. A traditional dance from Puerto Rico

Question 8

bomba:

género de danza y baile de Puerto Rico

Answer 8

Bomb:

dance genre of Puerto Rico

Question 9

onda:

la que se propaga libremente en un medio

Answer 9

wave:

the one that spreads freely in a medium

Question 10

chicana:

se dice del ciudadano de los Estados Unidos de América perteneciente a la minoría de origen mexicano allí existente

Answer 10

Chicana:

It is said of the citizen of the United States of America belonging to the minority of Mexican origin existing there

Question 11

mudar:

dejar el modo de vida o el afecto que antes se tenía, trocándolo, por otro

Answer 11

move (migrate):

leave the way of life or the affection that one had before, exchanging it, for another

Question 12

armar:

ponerse voluntaria y deliberadamente en disposición de ánimo eficaz para lograr algún fin o resistir alguna contrariedad

Answer 12

to assemble:

voluntarily and deliberately putting oneself in an effective frame of mind to achieve some end or resist some setback

Question 13

rechazar:

mostrar oposición o desprecio a una persona, grupo, comunidad, etc.

Answer 13

to refuse:

showing opposition or contempt to a person, group, community, etc.

Question 14

degradante:

humillante

Answer 14

degrading:

humiliating

Question 15

versatilidad:

capaz de adaptarse con facilidad y rapidez a diversas funciones

Answer 15

versatility:

able to easily and quickly adapt to various functions

Question 16

cobrar:

ganar, conseguir con el propio trabajo o industria

Answer 16

charge:

Win, get with your own work or industry

Question 17

notoriedad:

nombradía, fama

Answer 17

notoriety:

name, fame

Question 18

batalla:

arrastrar las dificultades de un asunto

Answer 18

battle:

drag the difficulties of a matter

Question 19

tergiversada:

dar una interpretación forzada o errónea a palabras o acontecimintos

Answer 19

misrepresented:

give a forced or erroneous interpretation to words or events

Question 20

galardones:

premio o recompensa de los méritos o servicios

Answer 20

awards:

award or reward of merits or services

Question 21

telenovelas:

novela filmada y grabada para ser emitida por capítulos por la televisión

Answer 21

TV soaps:

novel filmed and recorded to be broadcast by chapters on television

Question 22

cuya:
con valor posesivo, concierta no con su antecedente, que es el nombre del poseedor, sino con el nombre de la persona o cosa poseída

Answer 22

whose:
with possessive value, agrees not with its antecedent, which is the name of the possessor, but with the name of the person or thing possessed

Question 23

traducida:

expresar en una lengua lo que está escrito o se ha expresado antes en otra

Answer 23

translated:

express in one language what is written or has been expressed before in another

Question 24

alrededor:

denota la situación de personas o cosas que circundan a otras, o la dirección en que se mueven para circundarlas

Answer 24

around:

denotes the situation of people or things that surround others, or the direction in which they move to surround them

Question 25

transmitido:

dicho de una emisora de radio o de televisión: difundir noticias, programas de música, espectáculos, etc.

Answer 25

transmitted:

said of a radio or television station: broadcast news, music programs, shows, etc.

Question 26

batió:

superar la marca establecida

Answer 26

beat:

exceed the established mark