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Capitulo Nueve
Chapter Nine
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2009

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Term
acoger
Definition
to welcome
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acostumbrarse (a)
Definition
to become accustomed (to)
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adaptarse (a)
Definition
to adapt (to)
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aportar
Definition
to bring, contribute
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asimilarse
Definition
to become assimilated
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emigrar
Definition
to emigrate
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establecerse
Definition
to get settled, established
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establecerse
Definition
to get settled, established
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inmigrar
Definition
to immigrate
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anglosajón, la anglosajona
Definition
Anglo-Saxon
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el aporte
Definition
contribution
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el/la canadiense
Definition
Canadian
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el/la chicano/a
Definition
Chicano, Mexican-American
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la ciudadanía
Definition
citizenship
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el/la cuidadano/a
Definition
citizen
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el crisol
Definition
melting pot
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la emigración
Definition
emigration
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el/la emigrante
Definition
emigrant
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el/la estadounidense
Definition
American
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el/la exiliado/a
Definition
exile
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la herencia
Definition
heritage
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el/la hispano/a
Definition
Hispanic, Hispanic American
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la identidad
Definition
identity
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la inmigración
Definition
immigration
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el/la inmigrante
Definition
immigrant
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el/la latino/a
Definition
Latino, Latin American
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la mayoría
Definition
majority
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la minoría
Definition
minority
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el orgullo
Definition
pride
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el/la refugiado/a
Definition
refugee
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acogedor(a)
Definition
welcoming
Term
bilingüe
Definition
bilingual
Term
mayoritario/a
Definition
majorty
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minoritario/a
Definition
minority
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orgulloso/a
Definition
proud
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el/la argentino/a
Definition
Argentine
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el/la boliviano/a
Definition
Bolivian
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el/la chileno/a
Definition
Chilean
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el/la colombiano/a
Definition
Columbian
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el/la costarricense
Definition
Costa Rican
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el/la cubano/a
Definition
Cuban
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el/la dominicano/a
Definition
Dominican
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el/la ecuatoriano/a
Definition
Ecudorian
Term
el/la español(a)
Definition
Spaniard
Term
el/la guatemalteco/a
Definition
Guatemalan
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el/la guatamalteco/a
Definition
Guatamalan
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el/la hondureño/a
Definition
Honduran
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el/la mexicano/a
Definition
Mexican
Term
el/la nicaragüense
Definition
Nicaraguan
Term
el/la panameño/a
Definition
Panamanian
Term
el/la paraguayo/a
Definition
Paraguayan
Term
el/la peruano/a
Definition
Peruvian
Term
el/la puertorriqueño/a
Definition
Puerto Rican
Term
el/la salvadoreño/a
Definition
Salvadoran
Term
el/la uruguayo/a
Definition
Uruguayan
Term
el/la venezolano/a
Definition
Venezuelan
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empeñarse (en)
Definition
to insist on, be determined to
Term
hacer caso
Definition
to pay attention
Term
la acogida
Definition
welcome, reception
Term
la aculturación
Definition
acculturation (adapting to a different culture)
Term
el adiestramiento
Definition
job training
Term
la alienación
Definition
alienation
Term
la asimilacióon
Definition
assimilation (taking the characteristics of another culture)
Term
el becario
Definition
person who receives a scholarship
Term
la concienciación
Definition
raising of consciousness
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el crisol
Definition
crucible; melting pot
Term
la desventaja
Definition
disadvantage
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el empeño
Definition
insistence, determination
Term
el ferrocarril
Definition
railroad
Term
la formación educativa
Definition
academic preparation or background
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ila inmigración
Definition
immigration
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la ley
Definition
law
Term
la oleada
Definition
wave, surge
Term
la propuesta
Definition
proposal
Term
acogedor(a)
Definition
welcoming, warm
Term
controvertido/a
Definition
Term
Ser Passive voice structure
Definition
Subject/recipient + to be (ser) + past participle + agent. (past participle matches subject amount) La casa fue pintada por Laura. The house was painted by Laura.
Term
The passive se
Definition
se + third person verb + receiver (object) of the action. Se reciben miles de peticiones cada año. Thousands of petitions are received every year.
Term
Ser Passive Reasoning
Definition
Ser is used when the agent is either stated or strongly implied and is preceded by por
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Se Passive Reasoning
Definition
Se is used when the agent of the action is unknown or unimportant to the message
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Action vs Condition
Definition
ser = action; estar = condition. La ventana fue rota por el ladrón. The window was broken by the theif. No puede abrir la ventana porque estaba rota. I couldn't open the window because it was broken
Term
"No Fault" se Construction
Definition
se + adj + verb conjugated to the object not the doer + the object. Se nos acabó la gasolina. We ran out of gas.
Term
acabar
Definition
to run out of
Term
caer
Definition
to drop
Term
ocurrrir
Definition
to come to mind
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olvidar
Definition
to forget
Term
perder
Definition
to lose
Term
quedar
Definition
to leave (as in forget)
Term
romper
Definition
to break
Term
Uses of "a"
Definition
-to express movement toward in a literal and figurative sense. -by means of (creation/transportation. -a point of time or space, or on a scale (at)
Term
Uses of "en"
Definition
-position on or within (in, into, on). -time (within). -at as in to be within. -observation of, or participation in, an event (at)
Term
perder
Definition
to miss an opportunity or deadline due to timing
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faltar a
Definition
to miss an opportunity or event as in not attending
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echar de menos. extrañar
Definition
to miss a person who is away or absent
Term
ahorrar
Definition
to save ($)
Term
salvar
Definition
to save, rescue a person/thing from danger
Term
guardar
Definition
to save for later; to set aside; to keep
Term
llevar
Definition
to take i.e. to transport; to take someone or something from one place to another
Term
tomar
Definition
to take something in one's hand(s), a bus (train etc.), an exam, a vacation
Term
hacer un viaje
Definition
to take a trip
Term
tradar en
Definition
to take a certain amount of time to do something (tradar + amount of time + en + infinitive)
Term
bajar
Definition
to take down
Term
devolver
Definition
to take back, return
Term
quitarle (algo) a alguien
Definition
to take (something) away from someone
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quitarse
Definition
to take off (clothing)
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sacar
Definition
to take out
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subir
Definition
to take up
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