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Capitulo Nueve
Chapter Nine
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2009
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Term
acoger
 Definition
to welcome
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acostumbrarse (a)
 Definition
to become accustomed (to)
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adaptarse (a)
 Definition
to adapt (to)
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aportar
 Definition
to bring, contribute
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asimilarse
 Definition
to become assimilated
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emigrar
 Definition
to emigrate
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establecerse
 Definition
to get settled, established
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establecerse
 Definition
to get settled, established
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inmigrar
 Definition
to immigrate
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anglosajón, la anglosajona
 Definition
Anglo-Saxon
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el aporte
 Definition
contribution
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el/la canadiense
 Definition
Canadian
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el/la chicano/a
 Definition
Chicano, Mexican-American
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la ciudadanía
 Definition
citizenship
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el/la cuidadano/a
 Definition
citizen
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el crisol
 Definition
melting pot
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la emigración
 Definition
emigration
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el/la emigrante
 Definition
emigrant
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el/la estadounidense
 Definition
American
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el/la exiliado/a
 Definition
exile
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la herencia
 Definition
heritage
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el/la hispano/a
 Definition
Hispanic, Hispanic American
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la identidad
 Definition
identity
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la inmigración
 Definition
immigration
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el/la inmigrante
 Definition
immigrant
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el/la latino/a
 Definition
Latino, Latin American
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la mayoría
 Definition
majority
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la minoría
 Definition
minority
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el orgullo
 Definition
pride
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el/la refugiado/a
 Definition
refugee
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acogedor(a)
 Definition
welcoming
Term
bilingüe
 Definition
bilingual
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mayoritario/a
 Definition
majorty
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minoritario/a
 Definition
minority
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orgulloso/a
 Definition
proud
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el/la argentino/a
 Definition
Argentine
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el/la boliviano/a
 Definition
Bolivian
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el/la chileno/a
 Definition
Chilean
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el/la colombiano/a
 Definition
Columbian
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el/la costarricense
 Definition
Costa Rican
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el/la cubano/a
 Definition
Cuban
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el/la dominicano/a
 Definition
Dominican
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el/la ecuatoriano/a
 Definition
Ecudorian
Term
el/la español(a)
 Definition
Spaniard
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el/la guatemalteco/a
 Definition
Guatemalan
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el/la guatamalteco/a
 Definition
Guatamalan
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el/la hondureño/a
 Definition
Honduran
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el/la mexicano/a
 Definition
Mexican
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el/la nicaragüense
 Definition
Nicaraguan
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el/la panameño/a
 Definition
Panamanian
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el/la paraguayo/a
 Definition
Paraguayan
Term
el/la peruano/a
 Definition
Peruvian
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el/la puertorriqueño/a
 Definition
Puerto Rican
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el/la salvadoreño/a
 Definition
Salvadoran
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el/la uruguayo/a
 Definition
Uruguayan
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el/la venezolano/a
 Definition
Venezuelan
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empeñarse (en)
 Definition
to insist on, be determined to
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hacer caso
 Definition
to pay attention
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la acogida
 Definition
welcome, reception
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la aculturación
 Definition
acculturation (adapting to a different culture)
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el adiestramiento
 Definition
job training
Term
la alienación
 Definition
alienation
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la asimilacióon
 Definition
assimilation (taking the characteristics of another culture)
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el becario
 Definition
person who receives a scholarship
Term
la concienciación
 Definition
raising of consciousness
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el crisol
 Definition
crucible; melting pot
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la desventaja
 Definition
disadvantage
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el empeño
 Definition
insistence, determination
Term
el ferrocarril
 Definition
railroad
Term
la formación educativa
 Definition
academic preparation or background
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ila inmigración
 Definition
immigration
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la ley
 Definition
law
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la oleada
 Definition
wave, surge
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la propuesta
 Definition
proposal
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acogedor(a)
 Definition
welcoming, warm
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controvertido/a
 Definition
Term
Ser Passive voice structure
 Definition
Subject/recipient + to be (ser) + past participle + agent. (past participle matches subject amount) La casa fue pintada por Laura. The house was painted by Laura.
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The passive se
 Definition
se + third person verb + receiver (object) of the action. Se reciben miles de peticiones cada año. Thousands of petitions are received every year.
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Ser Passive Reasoning
 Definition
Ser is used when the agent is either stated or strongly implied and is preceded by por
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Se Passive Reasoning
 Definition
Se is used when the agent of the action is unknown or unimportant to the message
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Action vs Condition
 Definition
ser = action; estar = condition. La ventana fue rota por el ladrón. The window was broken by the theif. No puede abrir la ventana porque estaba rota. I couldn't open the window because it was broken
Term
"No Fault" se Construction
 Definition
se + adj + verb conjugated to the object not the doer + the object. Se nos acabó la gasolina. We ran out of gas.
Term
acabar
 Definition
to run out of
Term
caer
 Definition
to drop
Term
ocurrrir
 Definition
to come to mind
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olvidar
 Definition
to forget
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perder
 Definition
to lose
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quedar
 Definition
to leave (as in forget)
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romper
 Definition
to break
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Uses of "a"
 Definition
-to express movement toward in a literal and figurative sense. -by means of (creation/transportation. -a point of time or space, or on a scale (at)
Term
Uses of "en"
 Definition
-position on or within (in, into, on). -time (within). -at as in to be within. -observation of, or participation in, an event (at)
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perder
 Definition
to miss an opportunity or deadline due to timing
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faltar a
 Definition
to miss an opportunity or event as in not attending
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echar de menos. extrañar
 Definition
to miss a person who is away or absent
Term
ahorrar
 Definition
to save ($)
Term
salvar
 Definition
to save, rescue a person/thing from danger
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guardar
 Definition
to save for later; to set aside; to keep
Term
llevar
 Definition
to take i.e. to transport; to take someone or something from one place to another
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tomar
 Definition
to take something in one's hand(s), a bus (train etc.), an exam, a vacation
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hacer un viaje
 Definition
to take a trip
Term
tradar en
 Definition
to take a certain amount of time to do something (tradar + amount of time + en + infinitive)
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bajar
 Definition
to take down
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devolver
 Definition
to take back, return
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quitarle (algo) a alguien
 Definition
to take (something) away from someone
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quitarse
 Definition
to take off (clothing)
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sacar
 Definition
to take out
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subir
 Definition
to take up
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