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A2 Pobreza
Vocabulary for Riqueza y Pobreza
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| economía | economy |
| comercio | trade |
| negocio | business |
| deuda | debt |
| (estar) endeudado | (to be) in debt |
| crecimiento | growth |
| subsidio | subsidy |
| mercancías, productos | goods |
| tasa | rate |
| sed | thirst |
| pobreza | poverty |
| adinerado | well-off |
| indigencia | destitution |
| privar a alguien de algo | to deprive someone of something |
| falta de, reducción de | lack, shortage |
| apoyo | support |
| apoyar | to support |
| analfabetismo | illiteracy |
| analfabeto | illiterate |
| calidad de vida | quality of life |
| nivel de vida | standard of living |
| desventajado, necesitado | deprived |
| enriquecer(se) | to make (oneself) rich |
| los ricos y los pobres | the haves and the have-nots |
| permitirse | to afford |
| erradicar | to eradicate, to wipe out |
| deficiencia | deficiency |
| falta | lack (noun) |
| faltar | to lack |
| hambre | hunger |
| hambruna | famine |
| país en vías de desarrollo | developing country |
| intervalo, hueco, distancia | gap |
| endémico | endemic, restricted to a place |
| desequilibrado, desigual | unequal |
| desigualdad de oportunidades | inequality of opportunities |
| vasto, amplio, extensor | widespread |
| impuesto sobre la renta | income tax |
| tasar | to tax |
| personas sin techo, los "sin techo" | homeless people |
| recesión | recession |
| ingreso, sueldo | salary |
| quedar rezagado | to be left behind |
| amortizar | to pay back a loan |
| hipoteca | mortgage (noun) |
| hipotecaria | a mortgage (adjective) |
| mendigar | to beg |