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Spanish 303 Vocab
Wofford College Spanish 303 final exam vocab
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
12/08/2011
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Term
atravesar (ie)
 Definition
to cross
Term
aumentar
 Definition
to increase
Term
crear
 Definition
to create
Term
crecer
 Definition
to grow, to become larger
Term
cultivar
 Definition
to grow, cultivate
Term
dificultar
 Definition
to make difficult
Term
poblar (ue)
 Definition
to populate, settle
Term
subir
 Definition
to go up; to climb
Term
el aislamiento
 Definition
isolation
Term
la barrera
 Definition
barrier
Term
el camino
 Definition
road
Term
el/la ciudadano/a
 Definition
citizen
Term
el control de la natalidad
 Definition
birth control
Term
la convivencia
 Definition
living together with others
Term
la cordillera
 Definition
mountain range
Term
la cosecha
 Definition
harvest
Term
el crecimiento
 Definition
growth
Term
la escasez
 Definition
scarcity
Term
la esperanza de vida
 Definition
life expectancy
Term
el índice (la tasa) de mortalidad
 Definition
death rate
Term
el índice (la tasa) de natalidad
 Definition
birth rate
Term
la periferia
 Definition
periphery
Term
el/la poblador(a)
 Definition
settler
Term
la pobreza
 Definition
poverty
Term
el regionalismo
 Definition
regionalism
Term
la selva
 Definition
jungle;forest
Term
despoblado/a
 Definition
uninhabited
Term
fértil
 Definition
fertile
Term
lleno/a
 Definition
full
Term
paradójico/a
 Definition
paradoxical
Term
a pesar de
 Definition
in spite of, nonwithstanding
Term
diseñar
 Definition
to design
Term
reciclar
 Definition
to recycle
Term
resolver (ue)
 Definition
to solve, resolve
Term
tener en cuenta
 Definition
to take into account; to keep in mind
Term
urbanizar
 Definition
to urbanize
Term
la alfabetización
 Definition
literacy
Term
el analfabetismo
 Definition
illiteracy
Term
el/la arquitecto/a
 Definition
architect
Term
el barrio bajo
 Definition
slum
Term
la desnutrición
 Definition
malnutrition
Term
la despoblación rural
 Definition
movement away from the countryside
Term
el diseño
 Definition
design
Term
el edificio
 Definition
building
Term
el hambre
 Definition
hunger
Term
el medio ambiente
 Definition
environment
Term
la modernización
 Definition
modernization
Term
la población
 Definition
population
Term
la pobreza
 Definition
poverty
Term
el reciclaje
 Definition
recycling
Term
los recursos
 Definition
resources
Term
el agotamiento de los recursos naturales
 Definition
exhaustion/consumption of natural resources
Term
la sobrepoblación
 Definition
overpopulation
Term
el suburbio
 Definition
slum
Term
la tecnología
 Definition
technology
Term
el urbanismo
 Definition
urban development; city planning
Term
el/la urbanista
 Definition
developer; city planner
Term
la urbanización
 Definition
migration into the cities; subdivision or residential area
Term
el vecindario
 Definition
neighborhood
Term
la vivienda
 Definition
housing; dwelling place
Term
analfabeto/a
 Definition
illiterate
Term
culto/a
 Definition
well-educated
Term
desnutrido/a
 Definition
undernourished
Term
en vías de desarrollo
 Definition
developing
Term
almacenar
 Definition
to store
Term
imprimir
 Definition
to print
Term
navegar la red
 Definition
to surf the net
Term
programar
 Definition
to program (with a computer)
Term
trabajar en red
 Definition
to be networked
Term
las aplicaciones
 Definition
(computer) applications
Term
la autoedición
 Definition
desktop publishing
Term
la autopista de la información
 Definition
information superhighway
Term
la base de datos
 Definition
database
Term
el correo electrónico
 Definition
e-mail
Term
el mensaje (de correo electrónico)
 Definition
(e-mail) message
Term
el disco, el disquete
 Definition
diskette
Term
el disco duro
 Definition
hard drive
Term
el e-mail
 Definition
e-mail
Term
el hardware
 Definition
hardware
Term
la hoja de cálculo
 Definition
spreadsheet
Term
la informática
 Definition
computer science
Term
la impresora
 Definition
printer
Term
el internet
 Definition
internet
Term
la memoria
 Definition
memory
Term
el módem
 Definition
modem
Term
el monitor
 Definition
monitor
Term
la multimedia
 Definition
multimedia
Term
la pantalla
 Definition
screen
Term
el procesador de textos
 Definition
word processor
Term
la programación
 Definition
programming
Term
el ratón
 Definition
mouse
Term
la red
 Definition
net(work)
Term
la red local
 Definition
local area network (LAN)
Term
el software
 Definition
software
Term
el teclado
 Definition
keyboard
Term
en línea
 Definition
on-line
Term
contar (ue) con
 Definition
to count on
Term
llevar a cabo
 Definition
to complete, carry out
Term
oponerse a
 Definition
to oppose, be opposed to
Term
perjudicar
 Definition
to damage, harm
Term
la abnegación
 Definition
self-denial, self-sacrifice
Term
el acoso sexual
 Definition
sexual harassment
Term
el comportamiento
 Definition
behavior
Term
el descanso
 Definition
(period of) rest
Term
la (des)igualdad
 Definition
(in)equality
Term
la discriminación
 Definition
discrimination
Term
el embarazo
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
la empresa
 Definition
company, firm
Term
la fábrica
 Definition
factory
Term
la mano de obra
 Definition
workforce
Term
el marido
 Definition
husband
Term
el mito
 Definition
myth
Term
la mujer
 Definition
wife
Term
el/la obrero/a
 Definition
worker
Term
el parto
 Definition
(act of giving) birth
Term
la pauta
 Definition
pattern; model
Term
el puesto
 Definition
job, post
Term
el/la viudo/a
 Definition
widower/widow
Term
abnegado/a
 Definition
self-denying, self-sacrificing
Term
agresivo/a
 Definition
aggressive
Term
reducido/a
 Definition
lessened, reduced
Term
sumiso/a
 Definition
submissive
Term
a menudo
 Definition
frequently
Term
con todo
 Definition
still, nevertheless
Term
de hecho
 Definition
in fact
Term
sin embargo
 Definition
nevertheless
Term
aspirar a
 Definition
to aspire to
Term
desempeñar un papel
 Definition
to play (fulfill) a role
Term
educar
 Definition
to rear, bring up (children)
Term
socializar
 Definition
to socialize
Term
el amo/a de casa
 Definition
homemaker
Term
la aspiración
 Definition
aspiration, goal
Term
el cambio
 Definition
change
Term
la carrera
 Definition
career, profession; university specialty (major)
Term
la custodia
 Definition
custody
Term
la educación
 Definition
upbringing; education
Term
la expectativa
 Definition
expectation
Term
el/la feminista
 Definition
feminist
Term
la igualdad
 Definition
equality
Term
la infancia
 Definition
infancy
Term
el juguete
 Definition
toy
Term
la juventud
 Definition
childhood; youth
Term
el/la machista
 Definition
male chauvinist
Term
la meta
 Definition
goal, aim
Term
la muñeca
 Definition
doll
Term
el papel
 Definition
role
Term
la pelota
 Definition
ball
Term
el prejuicio
 Definition
prejudice
Term
el puesto
 Definition
job; position
Term
los quehaceres domésticos
 Definition
household chores
Term
la responsabilidad
 Definition
responsibility
Term
la sensibilidad
 Definition
(emotional) sensitivity
Term
la socialización
 Definition
socialization
Term
el sueldo
 Definition
salary
Term
la vejez
 Definition
old age
Term
femenino/a
 Definition
feminine
Term
feminista
 Definition
feminist
Term
machista
 Definition
male-chauvinistic
Term
masculino/a
 Definition
masculine
Term
alguna vez
 Definition
ever (used in a question with present perfect tense)
Term
en cuanto a...
 Definition
as far as...is concerned
Term
en estos días
 Definition
these days
Term
recientemente
 Definition
recently
Term
últimamente
 Definition
lately
Term
tener éxito
 Definition
to be successful
Term
lograr
 Definition
to succeed (in doing something); to obtain or achieve a goal
Term
suceder
 Definition
to occur, happen or to follow in succession
Term
asistir a
 Definition
to attend, to be present
Term
atender
 Definition
to attend; to take care of; to wait on
Term
ayudar
 Definition
to help/assist
Term
ponerse
 Definition
to become (furioso, etc.) *can only be followed by an adjective*
Term
volverse
 Definition
to become; signals a dramatic, often irreversible, change; (se volvió loca=she went crazy)
Term
llegar a ser
 Definition
to get to be; implies a conscious effort on the part of the subject (con el tiempo, Elvis Presley llegó a ser un símbolo nacional en los Estados Unidos)
Term
hacerse
 Definition
to become; (la situación se hizo difícil)
Term
culpar
 Definition
to blame
Term
fortalecer
 Definition
to strengthen
Term
intervenir
 Definition
to intervene
Term
invertir
 Definition
to invest
Term
odiar
 Definition
to hate
Term
proporcionar
 Definition
to give, yield
Term
proteger
 Definition
to protect
Term
respaldar
 Definition
to back, support
Term
el aliado
 Definition
ally
Term
el bien
 Definition
(philosophical) goods
Term
los bienes
 Definition
(material) goods
Term
la culpa
 Definition
blame, guilt
Term
el derrumbamiento
 Definition
toppling, tearing down
Term
la deuda (externa)
 Definition
(foreign) debt
Term
el dictador
 Definition
dictator
Term
la dictadura
 Definition
dictatorship
Term
la disponibilidad
 Definition
availability
Term
la exportación
 Definition
export(s)
Term
los impuestos
 Definition
taxes
Term
la inversión
 Definition
investment
Term
el lema
 Definition
slogan
Term
el libre comercio
 Definition
free trade
Term
la libre empresa
 Definition
free enterprise
Term
las materias primas
 Definition
raw materials
Term
la medida
 Definition
measure, means
Term
la meta
 Definition
goal
Term
la política (exterior)
 Definition
(foreign) policy
Term
el préstamo
 Definition
loan
Term
el presupuesto
 Definition
budget
Term
el respaldo
 Definition
backing
Term
la subvención
 Definition
grant (of money)
Term
(des)agradecido/a
 Definition
(un)grateful
Term
culpable
 Definition
guilty
Term
derechista
 Definition
rightist, right-wing
Term
izquierdista
 Definition
leftist, left-wing
Term
Al alcance (de la mano)
 Definition
within (arm's) reach
Term
contratar
 Definition
to hire; to contract
Term
despedir
 Definition
to fire
Term
entrevistar
 Definition
to interview
Term
estar a la venta
 Definition
to be on/for sale
Term
hacer cola
 Definition
to be/to wait in line
Term
hacer horas extraordinarias
 Definition
to work overtime
Term
renunciar
 Definition
to quit (a job)
Term
solicitar
 Definition
to apply (for a job)
Term
tomar vacaciones
 Definition
to take a vacation
Term
las acciones
 Definition
stock; shares of stock
Term
el/la accionista
 Definition
shareholder
Term
el almacén
 Definition
department store
Term
la bolsa
 Definition
stock market
Term
el/la cajero/a
 Definition
teller
Term
el cajero automático
 Definition
ATM
Term
la compañía
 Definition
company
Term
el contrato
 Definition
contract
Term
el/la desempleado/a
 Definition
unemployed person
Term
el desempleo
 Definition
unemployment
Term
el despacho
 Definition
office (specific room)
Term
el/la empleado/a
 Definition
worker, employee
Term
el empleo
 Definition
work, employment
Term
la empresa
 Definition
corporation
Term
la entrevista
 Definition
interview
Term
las ganancias
 Definition
earnings, profits
Term
la gerencia
 Definition
management
Term
el/la gerente
 Definition
manager
Term
el hombre de negocios, la mujer de negocios
 Definition
businessman, businesswoman
Term
el mercado
 Definition
market
Term
la oficina
 Definition
office (general term)
Term
las pérdidas
 Definition
losses
Term
el/la secretario/a
 Definition
secretary
Term
el sindicato
 Definition
labor union
Term
el/la socio/a
 Definition
partner, associate; member
Term
la solicitud
 Definition
application form
Term
la tienda
 Definition
store
Term
la venta
 Definition
sale
Term
ahorrar
 Definition
to save
Term
cargar
 Definition
to charge (to one's account)
Term
cobrar
 Definition
to charge (someone for something)
Term
cobrar un cheque
 Definition
to cash a check
Term
gastar
 Definition
to spend
Term
ingresar
 Definition
to deposit (funds)
Term
invertir
 Definition
to invest
Term
pagar a plazos
 Definition
to pay in installments
Term
pagar en efectivo
 Definition
to pay in cash
Term
pedir prestado/a
 Definition
to borrow
Term
pedir un préstamo
 Definition
to request (take out) a loan
Term
prestar
 Definition
to lend
Term
retirar
 Definition
to withdraw (funds)
Term
la cuenta
 Definition
account; bill
Term
la cuenta corriente
 Definition
checking account
Term
la cuenta de ahorros
 Definition
savings account
Term
las deudas
 Definition
debts
Term
los gastos
 Definition
expenses
Term
las inversiones
 Definition
investments
Term
el préstamo
 Definition
loan
Term
la tarjeta de cajero
 Definition
ATM card
Term
la tarjeta de crédito
 Definition
credit card
Term
evitar
 Definition
to avoid
Term
nacer
 Definition
to be born
Term
el bolsillo
 Definition
pocket
Term
las gafas
 Definition
(eye)glasses
Term
la lata
 Definition
(tin) can
Term
el rascacielos
 Definition
skyscraper
Term
el reflejo
 Definition
reflection
Term
lujoso/a
 Definition
luxurious
Term
cada vez más
 Definition
more and more
Term
en cambio
 Definition
on the other hand; in contrast
Term
sino
 Definition
but rather
Term
todavía
 Definition
still;yet
Term
partir de
 Definition
to part from; to use as a basis for
Term
a lo largo de
 Definition
throughout
Term
mantener
 Definition
to maintain
Term
mejorar
 Definition
to improve
Term
el cruce
 Definition
crossroads
Term
el desempleo
 Definition
unemployment
Term
el/la gitano/a
 Definition
gypsy
Term
la identidad
 Definition
identity
Term
la mezcla
 Definition
mixture
Term
la patria
 Definition
homeland
Term
analfabeto/a
 Definition
illiterate
Term
despreciado/a
 Definition
scorned
Term
marginado/a
 Definition
shut out, push aside, marginalized
Term
nómada
 Definition
nomadic
Term
a través de
 Definition
across, throughout
Term
aprovecharse (de)
 Definition
to take advantage (of)
Term
desarrollar
 Definition
to develop
Term
encerrar
 Definition
to enclose, confine
Term
luchar por
 Definition
to fight for
Term
perder
 Definition
to lose
Term
rescatar
 Definition
to salvage; to rescue
Term
someter
 Definition
to subject; to conquer, subdue
Term
superar
 Definition
to overcome
Term
tipificar
 Definition
to characterize, typify
Term
el aporte
 Definition
contribution
Term
el/la colono/a
 Definition
colonist
Term
los derechos (humanos)
 Definition
(human) rights
Term
el encierro
 Definition
confinement
Term
la esclavitud
 Definition
slavery
Term
el/la esclavo/a
 Definition
slave
Term
la llegada
 Definition
arrival
Term
el lugar
 Definition
place
Term
el manejo
 Definition
handling, management
Term
el recurso
 Definition
resource
Term
el reto
 Definition
challenge
Term
la riqueza
 Definition
richness
Term
el sabor
 Definition
flavor
Term
actual
 Definition
current, present
Term
autóctono/a
 Definition
native, indigenous
Term
sometido/a
 Definition
subjected; conquered, subdued
Term
a causa de
 Definition
because of
Term
asociar
 Definition
to associate
Term
pertenecer
 Definition
to belong
Term
la apariencia
 Definition
appearance
Term
el/la atleta
 Definition
athlete
Term
un tipo muy atlético
 Definition
a very athletic person
Term
el/la bromista de la clase
 Definition
class clown
Term
la característica
 Definition
characteristic
Term
la costumbre
 Definition
custom, habit
Term
el/la deportista
 Definition
sportsman/sportswoman
Term
el estereotipo
 Definition
stereotype
Term
el/la estudioso/a
 Definition
bookworm
Term
la imagen
 Definition
image, picture
Term
el rasgo
 Definition
trait, feature
Term
bruto/a
 Definition
stupid, dense
Term
cómico/a
 Definition
funny
Term
coquetón, coqueta
 Definition
flirtatious
Term
estudioso/a
 Definition
studious
Term
extrovertido/a
 Definition
extroverted, outgoing
Term
introvertido/a
 Definition
introverted, shy
Term
listo/a
 Definition
bright, smart
Term
perezoso/a
 Definition
lazy
Term
pesado/a
 Definition
dull, uninteresting
Term
preconcebido/a
 Definition
preconceived
Term
sensible
 Definition
sensitive
Term
serio/a
 Definition
serious
Term
típico/a
 Definition
typical
Term
tonto/a
 Definition
silly, dumb
Term
torpe
 Definition
clumsy, awkward
Term
trabajador(a)
 Definition
hard-working
Term
apreciar
 Definition
to hold in esteem, think well of
Term
compartir
 Definition
to share
Term
despreciar
 Definition
to look down on
Term
discriminar (contra)
 Definition
to discriminate (against)
Term
(no) llevarse bien (con)
 Definition
(not) to get along well (with)
Term
respetar
 Definition
to respect
Term
el antepasado
 Definition
ancestor
Term
el aprecio
 Definition
esteem
Term
el contraste
 Definition
contrast
Term
el/la descendiente
 Definition
descendant
Term
el desprecio
 Definition
scorn, contempt
Term
el/la indígena
 Definition
native (indigenous) inhabitant
Term
el/la indio/a
 Definition
native american
Term
la mezcla
 Definition
mixture
Term
la población
 Definition
population
Term
la raza
 Definition
race (ethnic)
Term
la tradición
 Definition
tradition
Term
con respecto a
 Definition
with respect to
Term
lo moderno
 Definition
modern things
Term
lo tradicional
 Definition
traditional things
Term
afeitarse
 Definition
to shave
Term
bañarse
 Definition
to bathe
Term
(des)vestirse
 Definition
to (un)dress
Term
ducharse
 Definition
to shower
Term
lavarse
 Definition
to wash
Term
peinarse
 Definition
to comb one's hair
Term
pintarse
 Definition
to put on makeup
Term
ponerse
 Definition
to put on (clothing)
Term
quitarse
 Definition
to take off (clothing)
Term
secarse
 Definition
to dry
Term
consistir en
 Definition
to consist of
Term
depender de
 Definition
to depend on
Term
enamorarse de alguien
 Definition
to fall in love with someone
Term
casarse con
 Definition
to marry
Term
soñar con
 Definition
to dream about (of)
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