Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
el bisabuelo
|
great grandfather
|
|
|
el descendiente
|
descendent
|
|
|
el emigrante
|
emigrant
|
|
|
el esclavo
|
slave
|
|
|
el extranjero
|
foreigner
|
|
|
el inmigrante
|
immigrant
|
|
|
el mestizo
|
(indigenous and European person)
|
|
|
el mulato
|
(black and european)
|
|
|
el pariente lejano
|
distant relative
|
|
|
el refugiado político
|
political refugee
|
|
|
el residente
|
resident
|
|
|
el tatarabuelo
|
great great grandfather
|
|
|
la ascendencia
|
ancestry
|
|
|
buscar nuevos horizontes
|
to look for new horizons
|
|
|
la discriminación
|
discrimination
|
|
|
discriminar a alguien
|
to discriminate against someone
|
|
|
emigrar, la emigracion
|
to emigrate, emigration
|
|
|
el extranjero
|
abroad
|
|
|
hacer algo contra su voluntad
|
to do something against your will
|
|
|
hacerse ciudadano
|
to become a citizen
|
|
|
hacerse la América
|
to seek success in America
|
|
|
inmigar, la inmigración
|
to immigrate, immigration
|
|
|
la libertad
|
freedom
|
|
|
el orgullo
|
pride
|
|
|
recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos
|
to receive someone with open arms
|
|
|
sentir nostalgia
|
to be homesick; to feel nostalgic about
|
|
|
sentirse rechazado
|
to feel rejected
|
|
|
ser bilingüe/trilingüe/políglota
|
to be bilingual/trilingual/ a polygot
|
|
|
ser mano de obra barata/gratis
|
to be cheap/free labor
|
|
|
ser oriundo/a de (ciudad o país)
|
to be originally from (city or country)
|
|
|
ser una persona de pocos recursos
|
to be low income person
|
|
|
ser una persona preparada
|
to have an education
|
|
|
tener incentivos
|
to have incentives
|
|
|
tener iniciativa
|
to have initiative
|
|
|
tener prejuicios contra alguien
|
to be prejudiced against someone
|
|
|
tener título
|
to have an education/ degree
|
|
|
tener un futuro incierto
|
to have an uncertain future
|
|
|
acabar/terminar
|
to run out (of)
|
|
|
caer
|
to fall
|
|
|
descomponer
|
to break down
|
|
|
olvidar
|
to forget
|
|
|
perder
|
to lose
|
|
|
quedar
|
to leave behind
|
|
|
quemar
|
to burn
|
|
|
romper
|
to break
|
|
|
a pesar de que
|
even though
|
|
|
!Caray!
|
Geeze!
|
|
|
Fuiste de Guatemala a Guatepeor
|
you went from bad to worse
|
|
|
Que cursi!
|
How tacky!
|
|
|
Que genial!
|
How great!
|
