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Capitulo 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| los antepasados | ancestors |
| el/la bisabuelo/a | great-grandfather/grandmother |
| el/la descendiente | descendant |
| el/la emigrante | emigrant |
| el/la esclavo/a | slave |
| el/la extranjero/a | foreigner |
| el/la inmigrante | immigrant |
| el/la mestizo/a | mestizo (indigenous and European) |
| el/la mulato/a | mulatto (black and European) |
| el/la pariente lejano/a | distant relative |
| el/la refugiado/a politico/a | political refugee |
| el/la residente | resident |
| el/la tatarabuelo/a | great-great-grandfather/grandmother |
| la ascendencia | ancestry |
| en busca de nuevos horizontes | in search of new opportunities (horizons) |
| la discriminacion | discrimination |
| discriminar a alguien | to discriminate against someone |
| la emigracion | emigration |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| el extranjero | abroad |
| hacer algo contra su voluntad | to do something against one's will |
| hacerse ciudadano/a | to become a citizen |
| hacerse la America | to seek success in America |
| la inmigracion | immigration |
| inmigrar | to immigrate |
| la libertad | freedom |
| el orgullo | pride |
| recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos | to receive someone with open arms |
| sentir nostalgia (por) | to be homesick; to feel nostalgic (about) |
| sentirse rechazado/a | to feel rejected |
| ser biligue/trilingue/poliglota | to be bilingual/trilingual/a poly glot |
| ser mano de obra barata | to be cheap labor |
| ser oriundo/a de (+ciudad or pais) | to be originally from (+city or country) |
| ser una persona de pocos recursos | to be a low-income person |
| ser una persona preparada | to have an education |
| tener incentivos | to have incentives |
| tener iniciativa | to have initiative/drive |
| tener prejuicios contra alguien | to be prejudiced against someone |
| tener titulo | to have an education/a degree |
| tener un futuro incierto | to have an uncertain future |
| acabar/terminar | to run out (of) |
| caer | to fall |
| descomponer | to break down |
| olvidar | to forge |
| perder | to lose |
| quedar | to leave behind |
| quemar | to burn |
| romper | to break |