Unidad 3, Lección 2 Flashcards

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el (la) activista

A

activist

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actualidad

A

present time; currently

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la defensa

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defense

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destacado(a)

A

outstanding

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destacarse

A

to stand out, to excel

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los exponentes

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exponents, supporters

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el mediocampista

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midfielder

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el Premio Nóbel

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Nobel Prize

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…de la Paz

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for Peace

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…de Literatura

A

for Literature

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la provincia

A

province

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quiché

A

Quiche people and language spoken in parts of Guatemala

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el rito

A

rite; ritual

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el cero

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zero

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la desaparición

A

disappearance

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la destrucción

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destruction

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emplear

A

to employ; to use

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la escritura

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writing

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pacífico(a)

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pacific; peaceful

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la pirámide

A

pyramid

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el sistema

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system

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asimilarse

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to assimilate, incorporate (oneself); to be absorbed

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la Capitanía General de Guatemala

A

General Captaincy of Guatemala

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dominante

A

dominant

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la mayoría

A

majority

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la presión

A

pressure

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breve

A

brief; short

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el (la) dueño(a)

A

master; owner

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facilitar

A

to facilitate; to make easy

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la inestabilidad

A

instability

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la plantación

A

plantation

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la pobreza

A

poverty

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surgir

A

to spring up, arise

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unirse

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to join, unite oneself

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ambicioso(a)

A

ambitious

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comunista

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communist

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distribuir

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to distribute

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la expansión

A

expansion

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la Guerra Fría

A

Cold War

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la hectárea

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hectare (approx. 2.5 acres)

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el (la) idealista

A

idealist

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modernizar

A

to modernize

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promulgar

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to proclaim; to promulgate

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el (la) propietario(a)

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land owner; landlord

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proponer

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to propose, suggest

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la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA)

A

Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)

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asesinar

A

to assassinate

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el coronel

A

colonel

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los derechos humanos

A

human rights

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derrocado(a)

A

overthrown, defeated

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dirigir

A

to direct

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el (la) disidente

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dissident

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el gobierno

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government

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resolver

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to resolve

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bloquear

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to block

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el nombramiento

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appointment, nomination

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la oligarquía

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oligarchy

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la opresión

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oppression

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poderoso(a)

A

powerful