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Week 3 Spanish Vocab
Helpful Phrases and the like
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
02/06/2011
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Term
protectorado
 Definition
Protectorate
Term
ametrallador
 Definition
Machine Gunner
Term
Mando
estar al mando
 Definition
Command
to be in charge of
Term
estar de pie
postura
 Definition
to stand
(to take a stand) adoptar una postura
Term
muralla
 Definition
Wall (around whole city like Great Wall)
Term
recientemente
 Definition
recently
Term
reemplazar
 Definition
to replace
Term
venta
 Definition
sale (noun)
Term
de mala gana
 Definition
Reluctantly/ unwillingly/ begrudgingly
Term
Pedir
 Definition
To request/ to ask for / to order
Term
soltar
 Definition
to let go of/ to release
Term
reformar
 Definition
to reform
Term
amenazar
 Definition
to threaten
Term
enfrentamiento
 Definition
confrontation
Term
comportamiento
comportarse
 Definition
behavior
to involve/ to behave
Term
clero
clérigos
 Definition
Clergy
clergymen
Term
la enseñanza
 Definition
Education
Term
ultramar
territorios de ultramar
 Definition
overseas
overseas colonies
Term
To become
 Definition
convertirse, transformarse OR
Ponerse, Volverse, Hacerse OR
Make the verb reflexive (frustrarse)
Term
improductivo/a
 Definition
unproductive
Term
creciente
 Definition
growing/ increasing
Term
bolsa
 Definition
bag
Stock Market
Term
avisar
 Definition
to warn
Term
apenas
 Definition
hardly
Term
pillar
hacerse de/con
 Definition
to get a hold of (figurative)
Obtain (literal) (a watch, a belt
Term
lanzar
 Definition
to throw/hurl/fling
Term
asomar
asomarse a la ventana
 Definition
to begin to appear
to stick ones head out of the window
Term
barbilla
 Definition
chin
Term
apretar
 Definition
to squeeze/tighten
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