Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards
el nacimiento
birth
la minoría
minority
la mayoría
majority
ampliamente
thoroughly
la inmigración
immigration
ubicarse
orient oneself
el promedio
average
mientras que
while, meanwhile, whereas
concebir
to conceive
el crecimiento
growth
carismático(a)
charismatic, enchanting
polémico(a)
controversial, polemic
la candidatura
candidacy
fascista
fascist (to exercise dictatorial control)
el cauce
channel, course, direction
la desconfianza
mistrust, suspicion
el difunto
deceased, corpse
de luto
mourning
se cierne sobre (del verbo cernerse)
to soar upon, to hover over something
tomar el pelo
to pull someone’s leg, deceive (literally to take the hair)
quemarse las pestañas
to burn the midnight oil (literally to burn one’s eyelashes)
suceda lo que suceda
whatever happens, come what may, no matter what
sin remedio
hopeless, beyond solution
al contrario
on the contrary, the other way around
