Week 7 - Society & Human Rights Flashcards
El techo cristal
The glass ceiling
El piso pegajoso
The sticky floor (women being stuck in low-earning jobs)
La doble vara
The double standard
El patio trasero
Backyard
Ni siquiera
Not even
Un gesto
Gesture
Tomar a la ligera
To take lightly
La bagoneta
SUV
Descollar
To stand out
Denodar
To go out of one’s way, to work tirelessly
Derribar
To shoot down
Bostezar
To yawn
La caballerosidad
Masculinity
Misogeno/a
Misogynist (adj)
La pasantía
Internship
El/la pasante
Intern
La infraestructura
Infrastructure
Los Juegos Olímpicos
Olympic Games
El tercer grupo más grande
The third largest group
El rendimiento
Performance
El propósito
Purpose
Las salvavidas
Life jackets
El Tratado Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
El arancel
Import taxes, tariffs
Exponer
To expose
La herramienta
Tool
En torno a
Around
Encaminado/a
Directed
El resguardo
Shelter
Incidir
To influence
Nutrirse de
To nourish
Dado que
Given the
El sesgo
Bias
Gestionar
To manage
Asimismo
In addition
Aguantar a
To put up with
El matice
Nuance
Padecer
To suffer
El codo
Elbow
El antebrazo
Forearm
