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La Época Colonial
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| El antepasado | Ancestor |
| El ascendiente | Ancestor |
| La Armada | Spanish fleet |
| El avance | Advance |
| El banquero | Banker |
| La batalla | Battle |
| La caída | Fall |
| Casa de la monedad | Mint facility |
| La casta | Caste |
| El catolicismo | Catholicism |
| La cochinilla | Cochineal (insect from which red dye was produced) |
| El colonialismo | Colonialism |
| La colonización | Colonization |
| La conqista | Conquest |
| El conquistador | Conqueror |
| La conversión | Conversion |
| La cosecha | Harvest |
| El cristianismo | Christianity |
| La cruzada | Holy War/Crusade |
| El cultivo | Crop |
| El descendiente | Descendant |
| El descubrimiento | Discovery |
| La deidad | Goddess |
| La diosa | Goddess |
| La deuda | Debt |
| La esclavitud | Slavery |
| El esclavo | Enslaved person |
| La etnia | Ethnicity |
| La fe | Faith |
| La fertilidad | Fertility |
| La hegemonía | Hegemony/predominance/supremacy |
| El imperio | Empire |
| El inígena | Indigenous person/Native American |
| El indio | Indigenous person (no longer used due to its pejorative connotation) |
| La inmunidad | Immunity |
| La inquisición | Inquisition |
| El/la judío/a | Jew |
| El juro | Juro/old name for a government bond |
| El legado | Legacy |
| El levantamiento | Revolt |
| El linaje | Ancestry |
| El logro | Achievement |
| El marinero | Sailor |
| La mercancía | Commodity |
| El/la mestizo/a | Person of mixed (Spanish/indigenous) ancestry |
| La mina | Mine |
| La monarquía | Monarchy |
| El/la mulato/a | Person of mixed (Spanish/African) ancestry |
| La nobleza | Nobility |
| La orden religiosa | Religious order |
| El oro | Gold |
| La Pachamama | Pachamama - fertility goddess worshipped by Natives in the Andes |
| El parentesco | Kinship |
| La plata | Silver |
| La postura | Stance/perspective |
| La propiedad | Property |
| El rey | King |
| La reina | Queen |
| El reino | Kingdom |
| La riqueza | Wealth |
| El sarampión | Measles |
| El siglo | Century |
| El sistema de castas | Caste system |
| La sospecha | Suspicion |
| El súbdito | Subject (under a king) |
| La superpotencia | Superpower (powerful nation) |
| El tejido | Textile/fabric |
| El tesoro | Treasure |
| El triunfo | Triumph |
| La viruela | Smallpox |
| Adorar | To worship |
| Venerar | To worship |
| Amenazar | To threaten |
| Aniquilar | To wipe out/annihilate |
| Asolar | To plague |
| Derrotar | To defeat |
| Desencadenar | To trigger |
| Domesticar | To domesticate |
| Esclavizar | To enslave |
| Forzar a | To force |
| Obligar a | To force |
| Imponer | To impose |
| Navegar | To sail |
| Presagiar | To foreshadow |
| Prosperar | To thrive |
| Saquear | To plunder |
| Vencer | To defeat |
| Angustiante | Distressing |
| Básico | Staple |
| Principal | Staple |
| Castizo/a | A person with one Spanish parent and one Mestizo parent |
| Mestizo/a | Person with one Spanish parent and one indigenous parent |
| De raza pura | Purebred |
| El bancarrota | Bankrupt |
| Enerrado | Buried |
| Fatal | Deadly |
| Islámico/a | Muslim |
| Promedio | Average |
| Sin precedentes | Unprecedented |
| Trascendental | Momentous |