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A2 Pobreza
Vocabulary for Riqueza y Pobreza
Term | Definition |
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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 |