Capítulo 4B --- La contribución cultural de los inmigrantes
Vocabulario del tema
Para hablar de la contribución de los inmigrantes
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| el ambiente | atmosphere |
| la convivencia | coexistence |
| la costumbre | custom |
| la diversidad | diversity |
| la nostalgia | nostalgia |
| el ritual | ritual |
Para hablar de la experiencia de ser inmigrante
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| acostumbrarse | to become accustomed to |
| consolar (ue) | to comfort |
| experimentar | to experience |
| extrañar | to miss (s.o., s.th.) |
| huir (huyo) | to flee |
| inmigrar | to immigrate |
| pertenecer | to belong |
| proveer | to provide |
| recrear | to recreate |
Para hablar de las comidas
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| el asado | mixed grilled meats |
| el bife | steak |
| la cocina | cuisine; kitchen |
| la empanada | pastry turnovers (s.th. sweet); meat pie |
| el gusto | taste |
| el mate | maté (Arg., a special herb tea), the vessel in which the tea is steeped |
| la torta | cake |
| amargo/a | bitter |
| culinario/a | culinary |
| exquisito/a | exquisite |
| renombrado/a | renowned |
| sabroso/a | delicious |
Para hablar de la composición étnica
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| el gaucho | cowboy |
| el guaraní | indigenous language of Paraguay |
| el lunfardo | a group of words in Argentine Spanish that come from other languages |
| los mapuches | indigenous people of Chile |
| el/la paisano/a | fellow countryman |
| afrodescendiente | of African descent |
| árabe | Arab |
| coreano/a | Korean |
| galés/galesa | Welsh |
| irlandés/irlandesa | Irish |
| judio/a | Jewish |
| ruso/a | Russian |
Para hablar de los lugares
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| el barrio | neighborhood |
| la costa | coast |
| el desierto | desert |
| el espacio | space |
| el paisaje | landscape |
| la pampa | prairie, (L.Am. geog., the Pampa(s), grassy plains) |
| el salón de té | teahouse |
Vocabulario útil
| Spanish (memorize) | English (memorize) |
|---|
| asesinar | to assassinate |
| encarcelar | to jail |
| extraditar | to extradite |
| hacer + inf. | to order (s.th. to be done) |
| protestar (por) | to protest (about, against) |
| recurrir (a) | to resort (to) |
| torturar | to torture |
| la derecha | (political) right |
| la dictadura | dictatorship |
| el escuadrón | squad |
| el golpe de estado | coup d'état |
| la izquierda | (political) left |
| derechista | right-wing |
| detenido/a | detained |
| estatal | state (adj.) |
| izquierdista | left-wing |
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