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Vocabulary page 194
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| los antepasados | ancestors |
| el bisabuelo | great-grandfather |
| el descendiente | descendant |
| el emigrante | emigrant |
| el esclavo | slave |
| el extranjero | foreigner |
| el inmigrante | immigrant |
| el mestizo | mestizo |
| el mulato | mulatto |
| el pariente lejano | distant relative |
| el refugiado a politico | political refugee |
| la ascendencia | ancestry |
| en busca de nuevos horizontes | in search of new opportunities |
| la discriminacion | discrimination |
| discriminar a alguien | to discriminate against someone |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| el extranjero | abroad |
| hacer algo contra su voluntad | to do something against one's will |
| hacerse ciudadano | to become a citizen |
| hacerse la America | to seek success in America |
| la inmigracion | immigration |
| immigrar | to immigrate |
| la libertad | freedom |
| el orgullo | pride |
| recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos | to receive someone with open arms |
| sentir nostalgia | to be homesick |
| sentirse rechazado | to feel rejected |
| ser bilingue | to be bilingual |
| ser mano de obra barata | to be cheap labor |
| ser oriundo a de | to be originally from |
| ser una persona de pocos recursos | to be a low income person |
| ser una persona peparada | to have an education |
| tener incentivos | to have incentives |
| tener iniciative | to have initiative |
| tener prejuicios conta alguien | to be prejudiced against someone |
| tener titulo | to have an education |
| tener un futuro incierto | to have an uncertain future |
| acabar/terminar | to run out of |
| caer | to fall |
| descomponer | to break down |
| olvidar | to forget |
| perder | to lost |
| quedar | to leave behind |
| quemar | to burn |
| romper | to break |
| a la hora de | when the time comes |
| a pesar de que | even though |
| por parte de (mi, tu, etc.) padre | on my father's side |
| Caray! | Geeze |
| Fuiste de Guatemala a Guatepor | You went from bad to worse |
| Lo pasaste bien, eh? | You had a good time right? |
| No puede ser/ No te creo | That can't be true/ I can't believe you. |
| Que cursi! | How tacky! |
| Que genial! | How great! |
| Que horror! | How horrible! |
| Te cayo bien eh? | You liked him right? |