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5 Venezuela Vocab
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Language - Spanish
12th Grade
04/10/2013
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Term
los recursos naturales
 Definition
natural resources
Term
el petróleo
 Definition
oil
Term
las riquezas
 Definition
riches
Term
la mala gestión
 Definition
mismanagement
Term
expropiar
 Definition
to expropriate (to take possession of, especially as done by the government to private property)
Term
las expropiaciones
 Definition
expropriations
Term
nacionalizar
 Definition
to nationalize
Term
la inversión extranjera
 Definition
foreign investment
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corrupto(a)
 Definition
corrupt
Term
la corrupción
 Definition
corruption
Term
controvertido(a)
 Definition
controversial
Term
el lema
 Definition
motto, slogan
(sinónimo de eslogan)
Term
jurar
 Definition
to swear, to pledge
Term
Te lo juro.
 Definition
I swear it to you.
Term
la ventaja
 Definition
advantage
Term
la desventaja
 Definition
disadvantage
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convertirse en
 Definition
to become
Term
el himno nacional
 Definition
national anthem
Term
el asunto
 Definition
subject, topic
Term
acabar de + infinitivo
 Definition
to have just done something
Term
la maldición
 Definition
curse
Term
la bendición
 Definition
blessing
Term
las alianzas
 Definition
alliances
Term
los aliados
 Definition
allies
Term
flaco(a)
 Definition
skinny
Term
los opositores
 Definition
members of the opposition
Term
justo(a)
 Definition
fair
Term
injusto(a)
 Definition
unfair
Term
la tasa de inflación
 Definition
the inflation rate
Term
la devaluación
 Definition
devaluation
Term
las empresas
 Definition
businesses
Term
los seguidores
 Definition
followers
Term
la oposición
 Definition
opposition
Term
los oficialistas
 Definition
governing party supporters
Term
el apagón (pl. los apagones)
 Definition
blackout
Term
Se fue la luz.
 Definition
The power went out.
Term
la infraestructura
 Definition
infrastructure
Term
la patria
 Definition
homeland
Term
soler (o:ue) + infinitivo
 Definition
to usually do something, to be in the habit of doing something
Term
el imperio
 Definition
the empire
Term
el imperialismo
 Definition
imperialism
Term
el antiimperialismo
 Definition
anti-imperialism
Term
el mandato
 Definition
1) mandate
2) term of office
Term
promover (o:ue)
 Definition
to promote
Term
autoritario(a)
 Definition
authoritarian
Term
la industria petrolera
 Definition
the oil industry
Term
los medios de comunicación
 Definition
the media
Term
la oligarquía
 Definition
oligarchy - system of rule by a few, or the class of these rulers
Term
la burguesía
 Definition
bourgeousie (now- in Marxist theory, the class that owns the means of production – a villain to chavismo)
Term
los oligarcas
 Definition
the oligarchs
Term
los burgueses
 Definition
the bourgeousie (people)
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