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80 Cards in this Set
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aceptar
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to accept
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el beneficio
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the benifit
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bilingue
(two dots over the "u") |
bilingual
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el/la chicano/a
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a person who come from Mexico
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el/la contrabandista
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contraband
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la dignidad
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diginity
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la generacion
(accent on "o") |
generation
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generalmente
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generally
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el remedio
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the remedy
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simultaneamente
(accent on the 1st "a") |
at the same time
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amar
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to love
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el amor
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the love
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asimilarse
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to assimilate
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la asimilacion
(accent on the "o") |
the assimilation
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contar (ue)
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to tell, or to count
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el cuento
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story
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emigrar
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to emigrate: to leave one's home country to go live in another
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esperar
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to hope
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el/la emigrante
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the emigrate: a person who has left one's home country to go live someplace else
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la esperanza
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the hope
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exiliar
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to send in exile
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el exilio
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the exile
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el/la exilido
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the person in exile
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inmigrar
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to immigrate: to enter a new country to live there
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el/la inmigrante
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the person who has entered the new country to live there
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legalizar
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to legalize
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la legalizacion
(accent on the "o") |
legalizing
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rechazar
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to reject
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el rechazo
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the rejection
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recordar (ue)
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to remember
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el recuerdo
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the memory
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residr
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to reside
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el/la residente
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the resident
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la aduana
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customs
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la ascendencia
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heritage
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la ciudadania
(accent on the second "i") |
citizenship
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el/la ciudadano/a
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citizen
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el/la coyote
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person who takes an undocumented immigrant over the border in exchange for money
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el/la extranjero/a
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stranger, foreigner
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la fabrica
(accent on the 1st "a") |
factory
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la frontera
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border
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el/la indocumentado/a
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undocumented immigrant
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el logro
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achievement
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la migra
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immigration police (colloq.)
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la patria
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homeland
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la pobreza
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poverty
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la raiz
(accent on the "i") |
root
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la riqueza
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wealth
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la tierra
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earth, land
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agradecer
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to be thankful, to appreciate
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ahorrar
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to save
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conseguir (i,i)
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to obtain, to get
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criar
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to raise (children)
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dejar
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to leave behind; to permit
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dejar de (+ infintive)
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to stop, to discontinue (doing something)
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despedirse (i,i)
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to say goodbye
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establecerse
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to estblish oneself
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estar harto/a de
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to be fed up (with)
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estar rodeado/a de
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to be surrounded by
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extranar (tilde over the "n"), echar de menos
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to miss (someone, something)
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gastar
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to spend/waste (time/money)
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hacerle falta (a alguien, algo)
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to miss (someone, something), to lack
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hallarse
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to find oneself, to be
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nacer
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to be born
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olvidar
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to forget
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realizarse
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to become true
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reunir
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to reunite
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soler (ue)
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to be used to, to be accustomed to
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superar
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to overcome
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trasladar
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to move
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a traves de
(accent on the "e" in "traves") |
through, by means of
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al mismo tiempo
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at the same time
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a la vez
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at the same time
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cercano/a
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close
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de vez en cuando
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from time to time
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en el extranjero
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abroad
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en seguida
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right away, immediately
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lejano/a
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far
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orgulloso/a
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proud
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seguido
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often
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