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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| el antepasado | ancestor |
| el/la bisabuelo/a | great grandfather/mother |
| el/la cuñado/a | brother/sister in law |
| el/la esposo/a | spouse |
| el/la hermano/a gemelo/a | twin brother/sister |
| el/la hermanastro | stepbrother/stepsister |
| el/la hijo/a único/a | only child |
| la madrasta | stepmother |
| el/la medio/a hermano/a | half brother/sister |
| el/la nieto/a | grandson/granddaughter |
| el padrasto | stepfather |
| el/la pariente | relative |
| el/la primo/a | cousin |
| el/la sobrino/a | nephew/niece |
| el/la suegro/a | father/mother in law |
| el tío/a (abuelo/a) | (great) uncle/aunt |
| el yerno | son in law |
| agradecer | to thank |
| apoyar (se) | to support |
| criar | to raise (children) |
| independizarse | to become independent |
| lamentar | to regret |
| malcriar | to spoil |
| mimar | to pamper |
| mudarse | to move |
| pelear (se) | to fight with (one another) |
| quejarse (de) | to complain (about) |
| regañar | to scold |
| respetar | to respect |
| superar | to overcome |
| el carácter | character, personality |
| (bien) educado/a | well mannered |
| egoista | selfish |
| estricto/a | strict |
| exigente | demandinig |
| honrado/a | honest |
| insoportable | unbearable |
| maleducado/a | ill mannered |
| mandón/mandona | bossy |
| rebelde | rebelllious |
| submiso/a | submissive |
| unido/a | close knit |
| la adolescencia | adolecence |
| el/la adolescente | adolescent |
| el/la adulto/a | adult |
| la edad adulta | adulthood |
| la juventud | youth |
| la muerte | death |
| el nacimiento | birth |
| la niñez | childhood |
| el/la niño/a | child |
| la vejez | old age |
| el apodo | nickname |
| la ascendencia | heritage |
| la autoestima | self esteem |
| la brecha generacional | generation gap |
| la comprensión | understanding |
| la patria | homeland |
| el prejuicio social | social prejudice |
| el raiz | ROOT NOT RACE |
| el sexo | gender |
| heredar | to inherit |
| parecerse | to look like |
| realizarse | to become true |
| sobrevivir | to survive |
| la arepera | restaraunt serving arepas |
| el asilo | asylum |
| el comunismo | communism |
| el consulado | consulate |
| la deuda | debt |
| el disparate | silly remark/action nonsense |
| el/la extranjero/a | foreinger, alien |
| la ganacia | profit |
| el/la gusano.a | cuban exile (literally means worms) |
| la manifestacion | protest |
| la pancarta | banner, sign |
| la pérdida | loss |
| las prestaciones | social assistance |
| la pérdida | loss |
| el/la residente | resident |
| alcanzar | to be enough, to reach |
| botar | to fire, to throw out |
| firmar | to sign |
| repartir | to distribute, to hand out, NOT TO REPEAT |
| chévere | great, fantastic |
| la creencia | belief |
| el cultivo | farming, cultivation |
| la desaparición | dissappearance |
| la esperanza | hope |
| la etnia | ethnic group |
| la fe | faith |
| el/la historiador(a) | historian |
| la lengua | language |
| la receta | recipe |
| el rito sagrado | sacred ritual |
| el sacerdote | priest |
| cultivar | to farm, to cultivate |
| homenajear a los dioses | to pay homage to the gods |
| la civilización | civilization |
| el conocimiento | knowledge |
| la conquista | conquest |
| el desdén | disdain |
| el fraile(fray) | friar, monk |
| la opresión | opression |
| la religión | religion |
| despreciar | to look down, to disapreciate |
| rodear | to surround |
| sacrificar | to sacrifice |
| salvar | to save |
| aislado/a | isolated |
| digno/a | worthy |
| poderoso/a | powerful |
| sí mismo/a | his/her self |