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El Caribe
Vocab.
78
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
09/30/2007
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Term
se cocinan
 Definition
one cooks
Term
la carne de res
 Definition
beef (carne = meet or beef)
Term
un rabo de buey
 Definition
oxtail
Term
un pollo picado
 Definition
minced chicken
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un pedazo
 Definition
a piece
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una olla
 Definition
a pot
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luego
 Definition
then
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sofreir
 Definition
saute
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el aceite
 Definition
oil
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el jamon
 Definition
ham
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una cebolla
 Definition
an onion
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un pimiento
 Definition
a bell pepper
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el tocino
 Definition
bacon
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anadir
 Definition
to add
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echar
 Definition
to throw
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hervir
 Definition
to boil
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una batata (known as "boniato" in Cuba)
 Definition
a sweet potato
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un name
 Definition
a yam
Term
una yautia
 Definition
starchy root vegetable, like hairy parsnip
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una yuca
 Definition
starchy root vegetable, like red parsnip
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un platano
 Definition
a banana
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una mazorca de maiz
 Definition
an ear of corn
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una receta
 Definition
a recipe
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el ajiaco
 Definition
a stew with meat, vegetables, and fruit
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el sancocho
 Definition
a stew with meat, vegetables, and fruit
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la sopa
 Definition
soup
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la cuenca del Caribe
 Definition
the Caribbean Basin
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desde luego
 Definition
of course
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no solo...sino tambien
 Definition
not only...but also
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Hot dia
 Definition
nowadays
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todavia
 Definition
still
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la costa
 Definition
the coast
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durante
 Definition
during
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una enfermedad
 Definition
a sickness
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duro, dura
 Definition
hard, difficult
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los esclavos
 Definition
the slaves
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provenian
 Definition
came from
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el pais, los paises
 Definition
the country, the countries
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occidental
 Definition
western
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crecio
 Definition
grew
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sino que
 Definition
but rather
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el sincretismo
 Definition
combination of two religions
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una yuxtaposicion
 Definition
setting side by side
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ambos/ambas
 Definition
both
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cada uno, cada una
 Definition
each one
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elementos propios
 Definition
their own elements
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se ve reflejado
 Definition
is seen reflected
Term
los frijoles
 Definition
beans
Term
asi pues
 Definition
so (therefore)
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la malanga
 Definition
starchy root like yautis or taro
Term
la guayaba
 Definition
guava(kind of tropical fruit)
Term
productos comestibles
 Definition
food products
Term
el banano
 Definition
panana or plantain
Term
ademas
 Definition
besides
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las creencias
 Definition
beliefs
Term
los orishas
 Definition
Yoruba gods, important in Santeria
Term
a pesar de
 Definition
in spite of
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los cabildos
 Definition
Santeria groups - (religious groups)
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los ritos
 Definition
ceremonies
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se funde
 Definition
to merge, fuse, melt together
Term
la fuente
 Definition
the source (literally, the fountain)
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un tambor
 Definition
a drum
Term
los timbales
 Definition
shallow drums, without snares
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la tumbadora
 Definition
large conga drum
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puesto que
 Definition
since (because)
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debido a
 Definition
due to
Term
un baile
 Definition
a dance
Term
los anos 30
 Definition
the 1930s
Term
a finales de
 Definition
at the end of
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los sesenta
 Definition
the 60s
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desarrollar
 Definition
to develop (develope a role of film)
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popularisimo
 Definition
extremely popular
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se inicio
 Definition
was started
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los iniciadores
 Definition
the people who started it
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difundieron
 Definition
spread, extended
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elaboraron
 Definition
developed more
Term
el mensaje
 Definition
the message
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un sentido
 Definition
a meaning, a sense
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