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Week 5 Vocab
Nice Words to Learn
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
02/22/2011
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Term
hacer cumplir
 Definition
to enforce
Term
establecer
establecido
 Definition
to establish
established
Term
presupuesto
 Definition
Budget
Assumption
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etapa
 Definition
Stage (1,2,3 stage)
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promulgar
 Definition
To pass (a law)
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indemnización
 Definition
Compensation- severence pay (for those who lost their land- only sometimes)
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expropiación
 Definition
expropriation- dispossesion from ownership for public use
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Alianza
 Definition
Alliance
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revindicar
 Definition
to claim
Term
tropas
 Definition
Troops
Term
Oriente Proximo
La Magreb
 Definition
Middle East
Northern Africa
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Derivar
derivó el debate hacia otro tema
 Definition
To divert; to change directions
He steered the debate onto another theme
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merecer
 Definition
to deserve
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picar
 Definition
to bite/chop/sting
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acabar
 Definition
to finish, to end, to use up
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meter
meterse en
 Definition
to put in
to get into
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numeros pares
" impares
 Definition
even
odd
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derramarse el agua
Se me HA derramado el agua
 Definition
to spill the water
the water spilled itself (otherwise its intentional)
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derretir
derretido
 Definition
to melt
melted
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ocupado
 Definition
busy
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sublevación
 Definition
Uprising
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aprobar
 Definition
to approve; to pass
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aplastar
 Definition
to crush/squash
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alcanzar
 Definition
to reach, to catch up with
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goals
 Definition
objetivos, metas
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apoderar
 Definition
to empower
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loyal
 Definition
fiel, leal
Term
el ciudadano
 Definition
citizen
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tour
 Definition
recorrido touristico
la gira (band or musical performance)
Term
soldado
 Definition
Soldier
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suprimir
 Definition
To abolish/ delete
Term
ascenso
 Definition
Promotion/rise
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dimitir
 Definition
resign
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unida/ Desunida
 Definition
united/ un-united
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polarizar
 Definition
to concentrate/ polarize
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enfrentamiento
 Definition
confrontation
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espantoso/asustadizo
 Definition
scary
Term
Escorzo
 Definition
Movimentos violentos en arte- posiciones forzados en el estilo del pintor
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estar a merced de
 Definition
to be at the mercy of
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barrer
 Definition
to sweep
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atraer
atraerse
 Definition
to attract
to be attracted to
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fascista
 Definition
fascist
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apaciguamiento
 Definition
appeasement
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suministrar
suministro
 Definition
To Supply
supply (noun)
Term
bombardear
bombadero
 Definition
to bomb
bomber
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marcharse
marchar
 Definition
to leave, go away
to walk, to work (funcionar)
Term
hambriento
 Definition
Starving
Term
arrendetario
 Definition
renters
Term
burocracia
 Definition
bureaucracy
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propietarios
 Definition
(land) owners
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progresista
 Definition
progressive
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aliarse
 Definition
to ally oneself with
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explotar
explotación
 Definition
to exploit, to take advantage of
exploitation
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devolver
 Definition
to give back, to return
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llevar a
 Definition
to lead to
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