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Historia Vocab
Vocab for La Historia Oficial
72
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
01/27/2009
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Term
aumento
 Definition
(el) increase
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aula
 Definition
(el) classroom
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cadáver
 Definition
(el) corpse
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cárcel
 Definition
(el) prison, jail
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cartel
 Definition
(el) poster, sign
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cautiverio
 Definition
(el) captivity
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cobarde
 Definition
(el/la) coward
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crecimiento
 Definition
(el) growth
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desfile
 Definition
parade, procession (el)
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entorno
 Definition
(el) environment
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expediente
 Definition
(el) dossier, file, student record, proceedings
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herida
 Definition
(la) wound
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lema
 Definition
(el) motto, slogan
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moño
 Definition
(el) bun (hairdo)
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pancarta
 Definition
(la) banner, placard
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pañal
 Definition
(el) diaper
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pañuelo
 Definition
(el) handkerchief, scarf
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partidario
 Definition
(el) supporter, follower
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preso
 Definition
(el) prisoner
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rabia
 Definition
(la) anger, fury
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tasa
 Definition
(la) rate
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acudir
 Definition
to attend; arrive
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apoderar(se)
 Definition
to take possession or control of something
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castigar
 Definition
to punish
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entregar
 Definition
to deliver, to hand in
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inscribir(se)
 Definition
to enroll, register
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a la merced de
 Definition
at the mercy of
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(seguir/estar) en pie de lucha/de guerra
 Definition
to be firm and determined to fight
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hacer acto de presencia
 Definition
to be present
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(no tener) nada que ver
 Definition
(to have) nothing to do
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período de facto
 Definition
(el) dictatorship
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apurado/a
 Definition
(adj) embarrassed, in need, in a hurry
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desaparecido/a
 Definition
(adj) vanished, missing person
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fracasado/a
 Definition
(adj) unsuccessful
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sensato/a
 Definition
(adj) sensible
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suelto/a
 Definition
(adj) loose ("soltarse el pelo/dejarse el pelo suelto" = to let one's hair down)
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asimismo
 Definition
also; likewise
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amnistía
 Definition
(la) amnesty
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ausencia
 Definition
(la) absense
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burguesía
 Definition
(la) bourgeoisie
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capacidad
 Definition
(la) ability, capacity
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cómplice
 Definition
(el,la) accomplice, accessory
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población
 Definition
(la) population
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trampa
 Definition
(la) trap, fiddle
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subversivo/a
 Definition
(adj) subversive
Term
contemporáneo
 Definition
(adj) contemporary
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hereditario
 Definition
(adj) hereditary
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huérfano
 Definition
(adj) orphan
Term
capaz
 Definition
(adj) capable, able
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desaparecer
 Definition
to disappear
Term
detener
 Definition
to detain; to stop, to halt
Term
exhumar
 Definition
to exhume, to disinter

to dig out of the earth (e.g. a body)
Term
exonerar
 Definition
to exonerate, to pardon
Term
intimidar
 Definition
to intimidate, to threaten
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juzgar
 Definition
to judge, to try
Term
perdonar
 Definition
to forgive
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falta
 Definition
(la) lack of something; error
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culpa
 Definition
(la) fault
Term
demostración
 Definition
(la) show, display
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manifestación
 Definition
demonstration
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protesta
 Definition
(la) protest, demonstration
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tiempo
 Definition
(el) time, weather
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vez
 Definition
(la) time (instance, occasion)
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época
 Definition
(la) time period
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hora
 Definition
(la) time (by clock)
Term
discutir
 Definition
to argue
Term
pelea
 Definition
(la) argument (quarrel)
Term
discusión
 Definition
(la) argument (quarrel)
Term
argumento
 Definition
(el) argument (line of reasoning)
Term
cuestionar
 Definition
to dispute, to question
Term
hacer preguntas
 Definition
to ask questions
Term
materia
 Definition
(la) subject (as in a class), matter
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