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54 Cards in this Set
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América Central (Centroamérica) |
Central America |
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América del Norte (Norteamérica) |
North America |
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América del Sur (Sudamérica) |
South America |
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el barrio |
neighborhood |
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el/la chicano/a |
Mexican American |
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el/la costarricense |
Costa Rican |
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el/la cubano/a |
Cuban |
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el/la dominicano/a |
Dominican |
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el/la guatemalteco/a |
Guatemalan |
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el/la hispanohablante |
Spanish-speaking |
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el/la hondureño/a |
Honduran |
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el/la mexicano/a |
Mexican |
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el/la nicaragüense |
Nicaraguan |
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el/la panameño/a |
Panamanian |
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el/la puertorriqueño/a |
Puerto Rican |
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el/la salvadoreño/a |
El Salvadorian |
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el bilingüismo |
bilingualism |
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la discriminación racial |
racial discrimination |
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el estereotipo |
stereotype |
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además |
besides, in addition to ex. Además de aprender inglés: Besides learning english... |
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darse cuenta de |
to realize ex. Nos damos cuenta de que dejar a la familia y su países muy difícil emocionalmente: We realise that leaving one's family and one's country behind is emotionally very difficult. |
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de acuerdo con |
in accordance with |
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perder el tiempo |
to waste time |
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realizar |
to carry out, fulfill, accomplish |
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tener en cuenta |
to take into account |
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los valores |
values |
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la amistad |
friendship/ personal relationship |
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el buen funcionamiento |
proper functioning |
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la competencia |
competence |
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la creatividad |
creativity |
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el complimiento |
accomplishment |
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cumplir con los plazos |
to make a deadline |
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el éxito personal |
personal success |
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la flexibilidad |
flexibility |
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ambiente |
environment |
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llevarse bien |
to get along well |
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los imprevistos |
roll with the punches/improvisation |
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la libertad |
freedom |
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los logros personales |
personal achievements |
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los malentendidos |
misunderstandings |
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la périda de tiempo |
waste of time |
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la puntualidad |
punctuality |
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el rendimiento |
performance/efficiency |
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las terulias |
any type of conversation |
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haber - hay |
third person singular- there are |
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hay + que |
indicates necessity, without indicating who is performing the action. ex. Hay que leer el arículo sobre la inmigración: The article about immigration has to be read. |
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tener |
to have |
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tener + que + (infinitive) |
means to have to ex. Tenemos que encontrar una solución: We have to find a solution. |
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pedir |
used to report a request for something or to ask someone to do something ex. The INS is requesting the names of our employees. Request the report form my lawyer. |
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preguntar |
used to report a question or to request info ex. He asked me... please ask the consulate... |
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preguntar por |
used to inquire about a person |
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yo tampoco |
I don't either |
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estoy de acuerdo |
I agree |
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estoy en desacuerdo |
I disagree |
