Unit 1 A2 - La inmigracion Flashcards
Acoger
To take in
Aportar
To contribute
Apoyar
To support
Arriesgarse
To risk oneself
Asilo politico
Political asylum
Auge
Boom
Buscar
To look for
Denunciar
To report
Derechos humanos
Human rights
Deriva
Adrift
Derrumbe
Collapse
Despilfarrar
To waste
Embarcacion
Boat
Empujar
To push
Enriquecer
To enrich
Escazez
Lack
Escoger
To choose
Esperanza
Hope
Extranjero
Foreigner
Fuga de cerebros
Brain drain
Ganarse la vida
To earn a living
Hacer la falta
To need
Hallar
To find
Hosteleria
Hospitality sector
Igualdad
Equality
Inmigrante irregular
Illegal immigrant
Jubilarse
To retire
Mano de obra
Workforce
Marcharse
To leave
Mercado sumergido
Black market
Padecer
To suffer
Pagar impuestos
To pay taxes
Pais receptor
A host country
Patera
Boat used my immigrants
Permiso de trabajo/de residencia
Work permit/residency permit
Poner rumbo a
To head to
Portavoz
Spokesperson
Proecedente de
Coming from
Quitar
To take away
Realizar
To carry out
Refugiarse
To take refuge
Refugiado
Refugee
Regresar
To return
Rescatar
To rescue
Seguridad social
Social security
Sobrevivir
To survive
Tasa de natalidad
Birth rate
Trasladarse
To relocate/move
Valla
Wall/border
A pesar de
Despite
Acabar de
To have just done
Agradecer
To show gratitude for
Alimentar
To feed
Anhelar
To yearn
Ascendencia
Ancestry
Calidad de vida
Quality of life
Cambiar
To change
Censo
Census
Ciudadania
Citizenship
Colonias
Colonies
Compartir
To share
Convivir
To live with
Crecer
To grow up
Dejar
To leave
Destino
Destiny
Difundir
To spread
Dirigir
To head
Estabilidad
Stability
Estallar
To break out
Falta de
Lack of
Formacion
Training
Ganar
To earn
Guerrilla
War
Hambre
Hunger
Incrementar
To increase
Los lazos con
Links with
Libertad
Freedom
Llegar a fin de mes
To make ends meet
Luchar
To fight
Mejorar
To improve
Nacer
To be born
Oleada a
Wave/surge/flood of
Permanecer
To stay
Probar suerte
To try your luck
Puesto
Post/position
Reforzar
To strengthen/to reinforce
Residir
To live
Retornae
To return
Revolucion catrista
The castro revolution
Riqueza
Wealth
Salvar
To save
Seguir
To carry on
Senalar
To highlight
Union Europa
European Union
Viajar
To travel
Acampar
To camp out
Acoger
To accept/embrace
Adentrar
To go deep into
Ahogarse
To drown
Apresar
To arrest
Arraigo
Support
Arribo
Arrival
Asesoramiento juridico
Legal advice
Autoctono
Native
Auxiliar
To help
Buscar
To look for
Caer
To fall
Centro de asistencia
Refuge centre
Conseguir
To get
Contrabandista
Smuggler
Cruzar
To cross
Cuidar
To look after
Deportar
To deport
Derechos
Rights
Descubrir
To discover
Detener
To arrest
Empadronar
To register
Encabezar
To head/lead
Estrecho
The straits of gibralta
Evadir
To avoid
Fallecer
To die
Firmar
To sign
Funcionario
Civil servant
Golpear
To hit
Gritar
To shout
Herido
Injured person
Hundir
To sink
Igualdad
Equality
Indocumentados
Immigrants without documents
Ingresar
To enter
Invertir
To invest
Lograr
To achieve
No obstante
Nevertheless
Occidental
Western
Pagar
To pay
Poblacion autoctona
Native population
Pobreza
Poverty
Politica
Policy
Prensa
Press
Poner en marcha
To start, set in motion
Producto interior bruto
Gross domestic product
Recurrir
To resort to
Regularizar
To legalise
Remesas
Remittances
Riesgo
Risk
Sobrevivente
Survivor
Sospechosi
Suspicious
Tasa de
The rate of
Tocar tierra
To land
Traficante
Trafficker
Tramitar
To process
Transportar
To carry
Trasladar
To move
Trato
Treatment
Travesia, trayecto
Journey
Umbral
Threshold
Unirse
To get together
abandonar
to leave
asentarse
to settle
disponible
available
endurecer
to harden, tighten up
ganaderia
cattlebreeder
irse
to leave
treplicar
to treble
abarrotado
overcrowded
ahogarse
to drown
auxilio medico
medical aid
balsa
radt
cayuco
small canoe
devolver
to hand back
flujo migratorio
migratory flow
frontera
border
libre circulacion
free movement
pais emisor
country of origen
repunte
rise, recovery
tramite
process
traspasar
to go through
valla
fence
abrir una via a
to open the way for
apoyarse en
to be based on
arreglar
to fix
camioneta
truck
conceder
to grant
confesar
to confess
desmayarse
to faint
divulgar
to divulge, release
extorsionar
to extort
maletero
car boot
poner en contacto con
to put in touch with
restante
remaining
soportar
to bear
sumar
to add up to
conformar
to make up