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A2 Immigration
Vocabulary for Inmigracion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| inmigrante | immigrant |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| emigrante | emigrant |
| la inmigración | immigration |
| De origen inmigrante | of immigrant origin |
| nacional | national |
| segunda generación de inmigrantes | second generation immigrants |
| el asilo | asylum |
| el asilo político | political asylum |
| el colono | colonist |
| la antigua colonia | former colony |
| país receptor | host country |
| pluriempleo | "moonlighting", having multiple jobs |
| límites, frontera | border |
| limítrofe | bordering, neighbouring |
| inmigración ilegal | illegal immigration |
| inmigrante ilegal | illegal immigrant |
| sin papel | illegal immigrant (lit. without papers) |
| refugiado | refugee |
| buscador de asilo | asylum seeker |
| creciente | rising |
| decreciente | falling |
| llegada | influx, arrival |
| ola de inmigración | wave of immigration |
| recién llegado, nueva llegada | new arrival |
| chabolas | shanty town |
| patrimonio, herencia | heritage |
| diversidad | diversity |
| estilo de vida | way of life |
| dar la bienvenida | to welcome |
| huir | to flee |
| centro de acogida | welcome centre |
| refugiarse en | to take refuge in |
| gueto | ghetto |
| Marroquí | Moroccan |
| Tunecino | Tunisian |
| Argelino | Algerian |
| Europa del este | eastern Europe |
| raza | race |
| autóctono | native born |
| étnico | ethnic |
| etnicidad, origen étnico | ethnicity |
| minoría étnica | ethnic minority |
| extranjero | foreign |
| ajeno | foreign, alien |
| rumano | Romanian |
| gitano | Gypsy |
| Iberoamerica | Latin America |
| Europa Occidental | Western Europe |
| Africa subsahariano | Subsaharan Africa (e.g. Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal) |
| Senegalés | Senegalese |
| Nigeriano | Nigerian |
| patera | type of boat used by immigrants to arrive from Africa |
| clandestino | clandestine |
| Estrecho Gibraltar | Straight of Gibraltar |
| Ceuta y Melilla | Spanish provinces in Northern Africa |
| datos | data |
| la masificación | overcrowding |
| denunciar | to complain about, to report |
| quejarse | to complain |
| presentar una denuncia | to make a complaint |
| abrir una vía a | to open the way for |
| amenazador | threatening, menacing |
| la camioneta | van |
| correr el riesgo | to run the risk |
| el 'efecto llamada' | the 'pull effect', (phenomenon of being drawn to a different country) |
| empezar de cero | to start from scratch |
| el influjo migratorio | influx of migrants |
| vigilar las fronteras | to watch the borders |
| mojado, espalda mojada | wetbacks (pejorative term for Mexican migrants who arrive in Texas by crossing the Rio Grande) |
| la patrulla | patrol |
| los cadáveres | cadavers, dead bodies |
| los barcos de salvamiento | rescue ships |
| la embarcación | vessel, boat |
| embarcar | to board (a ship) |
| las ondulaciones, las olas | the waves |
| el polizón | stowaway |
| morir ahogado | to die from drowning |
| ahogarse | to drown |
| el naufragio | shipwreck |
| naufragir | to wreck/sink (ships) |
| estar a salvo | to be rescued |
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