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5 Venezuela Vocab
importantes
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Language - Spanish
12th Grade
04/10/2013

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Term
los recursos naturales
Definition
natural resources
Term
el petróleo
Definition
oil
Term
las riquezas
Definition
riches
Term
la mala gestión
Definition
mismanagement
Term
expropiar
Definition
to expropriate (to take possession of, especially as done by the government to private property)
Term
las expropiaciones
Definition
expropriations
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nacionalizar
Definition
to nationalize
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la inversión extranjera
Definition
foreign investment
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corrupto(a)
Definition
corrupt
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la corrupción
Definition
corruption
Term
controvertido(a)
Definition
controversial
Term
el lema
Definition
motto, slogan
(sinónimo de eslogan)
Term
jurar
Definition
to swear, to pledge
Term
Te lo juro.
Definition
I swear it to you.
Term
la ventaja
Definition
advantage
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la desventaja
Definition
disadvantage
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convertirse en
Definition
to become
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el himno nacional
Definition
national anthem
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el asunto
Definition
subject, topic
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acabar de + infinitivo
Definition
to have just done something
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la maldición
Definition
curse
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la bendición
Definition
blessing
Term
las alianzas
Definition
alliances
Term
los aliados
Definition
allies
Term
flaco(a)
Definition
skinny
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los opositores
Definition
members of the opposition
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justo(a)
Definition
fair
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injusto(a)
Definition
unfair
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la tasa de inflación
Definition
the inflation rate
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la devaluación
Definition
devaluation
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las empresas
Definition
businesses
Term
los seguidores
Definition
followers
Term
la oposición
Definition
opposition
Term
los oficialistas
Definition
governing party supporters
Term
el apagón (pl. los apagones)
Definition
blackout
Term
Se fue la luz.
Definition
The power went out.
Term
la infraestructura
Definition
infrastructure
Term
la patria
Definition
homeland
Term
soler (o:ue) + infinitivo
Definition
to usually do something, to be in the habit of doing something
Term
el imperio
Definition
the empire
Term
el imperialismo
Definition
imperialism
Term
el antiimperialismo
Definition
anti-imperialism
Term
el mandato
Definition
1) mandate
2) term of office
Term
promover (o:ue)
Definition
to promote
Term
autoritario(a)
Definition
authoritarian
Term
la industria petrolera
Definition
the oil industry
Term
los medios de comunicación
Definition
the media
Term
la oligarquía
Definition
oligarchy - system of rule by a few, or the class of these rulers
Term
la burguesía
Definition
bourgeousie (now- in Marxist theory, the class that owns the means of production – a villain to chavismo)
Term
los oligarcas
Definition
the oligarchs
Term
los burgueses
Definition
the bourgeousie (people)
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