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Vida y muerte
en la Mara Salvatrucha
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| golpear | to hit |
| patear | to kick |
| la espalda | the back (body part) |
| nada más | nothing else |
| cubrir | to cover |
| nacer | to be born |
| había nacido | had been born |
| los años ochenta | the 80s |
| ampliar | to expand |
| el vecindario | neighborhood |
| los siguió | it followed them |
| el maltrato | abuse |
| la pandilla | gang |
| el pandillero | gang member |
| la amenaza | threat |
| protegerse | to protect oneself |
| propio/a | one's own |
| al principio | at first |
| durar | to last |
| encontrar | to find |
| crecer | to grow |
| volver | to return |
| igual | equal |
| ir caminando | to go walking |
| seguir | to follow |
| disparar | to shoot |
| suceder | to happen |
| caerse | to fall down |
| agarrar | to grab |
| quedarse | to stay |
| allí | there |
| convertirse | to become |
| el enojo | anger |
| el odio | hatred |
| olvidarse | to forget |
| aquel día | that day |
| acordarse | to remember |
| cuidar | to take care of |
| la caja | box |
| las balas | bullets |
| meter | to put into |
| la cintura | waist |
| la última vez | the last time |
| supuestamente | supposedly |
| intentar | to try |
| matar | to kill |
| vengarse | to take revenge |
| la matanza | slaughter |
| la cárcel | jail |
| el país | country |
| el poder | power |
| el enlace | link |
| la frontera | border |
| allá | way over there |
| jamás | never |
| lo encontraron | they found him |
| el pavimento | pavement |
| le dispararon | they shot her |
| fue disparado | He/She was shot |
| me sentí | I felt |
| empujar | push |
| con éxito | successfully |
| la mensualidad | monthly payment |
| gratis | free |
| abogada | lawyer (female) |
| me acusaron | they accused me |
| la culpa | guilt |
| culpable | guilty |
| esposas | handcuffs |
| inesperado | unexpected |
| muñecas | wrists |
| testigos | witnesses |
| celda | jail cell |
| dolorosa | painful |
| duro | hard |
| juez | judge |
| el jurado | jury |
| riesgos | risks |
| había deliberado | had deliberated |
| había asignado | had assigned |
| gritar | to yell |
| To argue | discutir |
| el cuerpo | body |
| Ellos siguieron | they followed |
| To take out | sacar |
| To remember | acordarse |
| I remember | me acuerdo |
| Temblar | to tremble |