Vocab: La Inmigración Flashcards
Acoger
To take in
Apoyar
To support
Arriesgarse
To risk (oneself)
Asilo político
Political asylum
Auge
Boom
Buscar
To look for
Denunciar
To report
Derechos humanos
Human rights
Deriva
Adrift
Derrumbe
Collapse
Despilfarrar
To waste
Embarcación
Boar
Empujar
To push
Enriquecer
To enrich
Escasez
Lack
Escoger
To choose
Esperanza
Hope
Extranjero
Foreigner
Fuga de cerebros
Brain drain
Ganarse la vida
To earn a living
Hacer falta
To need
Hallar
To find
Hostelería
Hospitality sector
Igualdad
Equality
Inmigrante irregular
Illegal immigrant
Jubilarse
To retire
Mano de obra
Workforce
Mantener a
To provide for
Marcharse
To leave
Mercado sumergido
Black market
Padecer
To suffer
Pagar impuestos
To pay taxes
País receptor
Host country
Patera
Boat used by immigrants
Permiso de trabajo/de residencia
Work/residency permit
Poner rumbo a
To head to
Procedente a
Coming from
Quitar
To take away
Realizar
To carry out
Refugiarse
To take refuge
Refugiado/a
Refugee
Rescatar
To rescue
Seguridad social
Social security
Sobrevivir
To survive
Tasa de natalidad
Birth rate
Trasladarse
To relocate/move
Valla
Walk/border
Acabar de
To have just (done something)
Agradecer
To show gratitude
Alimentar
To feed
Anhelar
To yearn
Ascendencia
Ancestry
Calidad de vida
Quality of life
Cambiar
To change
Censo
Census
Ciudadanía
Citizenship
Colonias
Colonies
Compartir
To share
Convivir
To live with
Crecer
To grow up
Dejar
To leave
Destino
Destination
Difundir
To spread
Dirigir
To head
Estabilidad
Stability
Estallar
To break out
Falta de
Lack of
Formación
Training
Ganar
To earn
Guerrilla
War
Hambre
Hunger
Huir
To flee
Incrementar
To increase
Los lazos con
Links with
Libertad
Freedom
Luchar
To fight
Mejorar
To improve
Mundo hispánico
Spanish speaking world
Nacer
To be born
Oleada de
Wave/surge/flood of
Permanecer
To stay
Probar suerte
To try your luck
Puesto
Post/position
Reforzar
To strengthen/reinforce
Residir
To live
Retornar
To return
Revolución castrista
Castro revolution
Riqueza
Wealth
Salvar
To save
Seguir
To carry on/to follow
Señalar
To highlight
Unión Europea
European Union
Viajar
To travel
Acampar
To camp out
Acoger
To accept
Adentrar
To go deep into
Ahogarse
To drown
Apresar
To arrest
Arraigo
Support
Arribo
Arrival
Asesoramiento jurídico
Legal advice
Autóctono
Native
Auxiliar
To help
Buscar
To look for
Caer
To fall
Centro de asistencia
Refugee 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/to lead
Estrecho
The Straits (of Gibraltar)
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 any documents/papers
Ingresar
To enter
Invertir
To invest
Lograr
To achieve
No obstante
Nevertheless
Occidental
Western
Pagar
To pay
Población autóctona
Native population
Pobreza
Poverty
Política
Politics/policy
Poner en marcha
To start/to set in motion
Prensa
The Press
Producto interior bruto
Gross Domestic Product
Recurrir
To resort to
Regularizar
To legalise
Remesas
Remittances (money)
Riesgo
Risk
Sobreviviente
Survivor
Sospechoso
Suspicious
Tasa de
Rate of
Tocar tierra
To land
Traficante
Trafficker
Tramitar
To process (paperwork)
Transportar
To carry
Trasladar
To move
Trato
Treatment/agreement
Travesía/trayecto
Journey
Umbral
Threshold
Unirse
To get together
