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Problemas Sociales
Vocab about Youth Culture issues
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| el botellón | a party involving binge-drinking in the streets |
| apiñado | crowded street set up; (see: casco antiguo) |
| lineal | parallel street set up; (see: ensanche) |
| ciudades-dormitorio | commuter cities where people sleep, literally "bedroom cities" |
| muralla | a wall along a 'casco antiguo', found particularly in old cities like Lugo and Ávila |
| plaza mayor | the 'city centre' of the old towns |
| chalet | detatched or semi-detatched houses, with gardens and garages. |
| jornada partida | party time! |
| poseer una vivienda | own a house |
| Bolsa | stock, security deposit |
| viviendas de protección oficial | government owned affordable houses |
| autopistas (que rodean las ciudades) | highways (surrounding the city) |
| cifra | figure |
| estancamiento | stagnation |
| estancarse | stagnate |
| higiene | hygiene |
| mitad | half |
| envejecimiento | aging |
| añadir | add |
| anticonceptivos | contraceptives |
| novedad | novelty |
| aumento | increase |
| gastos | expenses |
| jubilación | retirement |
| la tasa de fecundidad | fertility rate |
| desarrollado/a | developed |
| ancha | large |
| desplazamiento | displacement |
| navales | naval |
| arco Mediterráneo | the provinces of Cataluña & Valencia / the Levante |
| autonomías | self governing |
| núcleo | core |
| población activa | unemployed and seeking employment or employed |
| agrarias y ganaderas | agriculture and livestock |
| agrícola y ganadera | agricultural and livestock-y |
| masía | house (catalana) |
| barraca | hut (valenciana) |
| cortijo | farmhouse (andaluz) |
| serrana | rock house (soria) |
| caserío | hamlet (vasco y cantabria) |
| hórreo | barn (Galicia y Asturias) |
| almacenaje de alimentos | food storage |
| carretera importante | main street |
| tamaño | size |
| síguen desplazándose | continue to move |
| red de vías | network of roads |
| artesanía | crafts |
| decadencia | decay |
| desaparición | disappearance |
| confluencia | merging |
| cobraron | changed |
| ciudad de gobierno | Madrid |
| ciudades de comercio | Zaragoza, Barcelona, Málaga |
| ciudades de industria | Bilbao, Barcelona, Gijón |
| ciudades de la vida universitaria | Santiago, Granada, Salamanca, Valladolid |
| a pesar de | despite |
| sociedad posindustrial | post-industrial society |
| anticuadas | outdated |
| tamaño medio | mid-sized |
| los cierres de empresas | closures |
| las reducciones de plantilla | downsizing |
| frenaron el trasvase de | showed the transfer of |
| empresas | businesses |
| mano de obra | labor |
| altos hornos | furnaces |
| astilleros | shipyards |
| rentabilidad | profitability |
| casco antiguo | old town |
| barrio obrero | suburb/working class neighbourhood |
| rodeados de una muralla | surrounded by a wall |
| cosas en el casco antiguo | catedrales, plaza mayores, edificaciones históricas, museos, |
| ensanche | housing development |
| ingresos | income |
| tiene que extremar la vigilancia | must be extremely vigilant |
| aparcamiento | parking |
| ayuntamientos | municipalities / councils |
| peatonales | pedestrians |
| paseo | walk |
| tapear | to eat tapas |
| ocio | leisure |
| ferrocarril | railroad |
| burguesía | middle class |
| proletariado | working class |
| de trazado recto | straight paths |
| portero | doorman/janitor |
| buhardillas | tenants |
| laberinto | maze |
| alcantarilla | sewage |
| alumbrado público | public lighting |
| avenidas | avenues |
| descuidada | neglected |
| desarrollismo | developmentalism |
| ciudades colmena | hive cities |
| ciudades-dormitorio | only sleep in town, work in city |
| gozaba | enjoyed |
| apertura | opening |
| demolidos | demolished |
| chabolas | slums; shanty towns |
| ciudades-jardín | grupos de chalés |
| derriben | demolish |
| sótano | basement |
| el ascensor | elevator |
| redes | network |
| hedonismo | hedonism; pursuit of pleasure |
| horario | schedule |
| madrugada | dawn |
| asociaciones de barrió | neighborhood association; government liaison |
| tres problemas de la ciudad | el precio de vivienda, contaminación ambiental y acústica, y el tráfico |
| humos | fumes |
| polvo | dust |
| industrias que afectan contaminación ambiental | químicas y hidrocarburos |
| hora punta | rush hour |
| la escasez de aparcamiento | scarcity of parking |
| doble fila | cuando los coches aparcan detrás de otros coches |
| la drogaddición | drug addiction |
| violencia doméstica | malos tratos |
| herencias | inheritance |
| generación ni-ni | ni estudia ni trabaja |
| mileuristas | to define a person with an income that rarely exceeds 1,000 euros per month. |
| porros | joints (marijuana) |
| hachís | marijuana (hemp) |
| cocaína | cocaine |
| éxtasis | ecstacy drug |
| calimocho | coca cola & red wine mixed (popular cheap drink for botellón) |
| indignados | furious/idignant people |
| la selectividad | university entry exam |
| 3 ciclos de la enseñanza universitaria | 1) diplomaturas (3 años) 2) licenciaturas (4-5 años) 3) doctorados (4-5 años) |
| el fracaso escolar | school failure |
| la asignatura de religíon | subject of religion |
| la inmigración en las aulas | immigration in the classroom |
| el pleno desarrollo | full development |
| cinco enseñanzas general | infantil, primaria, secundaria, profesional, universitaria |
| cuatro enseñanzas especial | musica y danza, arte dramático, artes plástica y diseño, idiomas |
| docentes | teachers |
| estrechamente | tightly |
| asumir | assume |
| acceder | access |
| formación profesional | vocational/career school |
| repartida | distributed |
| remunerados | paid |
| inestabilidad | instability |
| la carestía de la vivienda | expensive housing |
| domicilio | home |
| suelen iniciar | usually begin |
| conflicto generacional | generational conflict |
| animan a sus hijos a quedarse | encourage their children to stay |
| un rito propio | guaranteed rite |
| padecer | to suffer from |
| la lengua de los gitanos (tres nombres) | caló, calé, romanó |
| contundentes | drastic |
| reto | challenge |
| parche | patch, band-aid |
| ha irrumpido | has broken |
| de los trabajos que desempeñan | work they perform |
| parentesco | kinship |
| de rechazo | rejection |
| "tomar un señor" | take a mister |
| un oficio estable | stable job |
| quiromancia | palm reading |
| bautismo | baptism |
| traperos | junkman |
| chatarreros | scrap metal dealers |
| al margen | outside |
| estraperlo | black market |
| los primos varones | male cousins |
| varón | male |
| huérfanos | orphans |
| los códigos de leyes | code of laws |
| minorías antropológicas | gitanos y inmigrantes |
| raza de gitanos | calé |
| cuántos continentes extendieron los gitanos | 5 |
| la fidelidad | fidelity |
| virgen | virgin |
| endogamio | incest |
| pastillas | pills |
| cáncer de matriz | uterus cancer |
| píldora | pill |
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