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Srta Lynch Pobreza
Poverty Curso 6 Leaving Cert Vocabulary
English | Spanish |
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la pobreza | poverty |
la miseria | destitution |
desemparado | helpless |
gorronear | to scrounge |
marginado | excluded |
buscar refugio | to seek refuge |
una hipoteca | a mortgage |
medio ingreso | average income |
un salario | a salary |
ganar | to earn |
gastos | expenses |
evitar | to avoid |
una factura | a bill |
una cuenta | a bill |
un recibo | a bill |
el paro | unemployment |
el desempleo | unemployment |
sin techo | homeless |
indigente | homeless |
una presta | a loan |
un prestamista | a loan shark |
un usurero | a loan shark |
un comedor social | a soup kitchen |
impuestos | taxes |
deuda | debt |
refugiarse | to take shelter |
acabar en | to end up in |
el coste de la vida | the cost of living |
pasar necesidades | to suffer hardships |
un mendigo | a beggar |
mendigar | to beg |
caridad | charity |
la riqueza | wealth |
techo de cristal | glass ceiling |
el umbral de la pobreza | the poverty line |
un sueldo | a wage |
los gastos imprevistos | unexpected expenses |
cargas familiares | family responsabilities |
la privacion | deprivation |
una chabola | a shack |
la ludopatÃa | addiction to gambling |