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Chapter 8
El Campo y la Ciudad
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| La agricultura | agriculture |
| el campesino | farm laborer |
| la carencia | lack, shortage, scarcity |
| el cultivo | crop |
| la granaderia | cattle raising |
| el ganado | cattle |
| la granja | farm |
| el huerto | small vegetable garden |
| la pesca | fishing |
| la poblacion | population |
| el pueblo | small town |
| el rancho | small farm, ranch |
| las afueras | outskirts |
| la aglomeracion | crowd, mass of people |
| el asfalto | asphalt |
| el barrio | district, nieghborhood |
| el centro | downtown |
| la colonia | residential subdivision |
| el crimen | crime |
| el embotellamiente | traffic jam |
| la fabrica | factory |
| la fuente | fountain |
| la mano de obra | labor force |
| el monumento | monument |
| el obrero | laborer |
| la parada | bus stop |
| el quiosco | kiosk, stand |
| el rascacielos | skyscraper |
| el ruido | noise |
| el sistema de transporte publico | public transportation system |
| el trafico | traffic |
| la urbanizacion | urbanization, housing development |
| el vecino | neighbor |
| ahuyentar | to scare away |
| atraer | to attract |
| cosechar | to harvest |
| cultivar | to cultivate |
| habitar | to inhabit |
| sembrar | to sow |
| urbanizar | to develop / urbanize |
| arriesgado | risky |
| callajero | from the streets (stray) |
| cercano | near |
| cosmopolita | cosmopolitan |
| hermoso | beautiful |
| hispanohablante | spanish-speaking |
| pintoresco | picturesque |
| rural | rural |
| tranquilo | calm, peaceful |
| urbano | urban |