Chapter 4 Flashcards
ancestors
los antepasados
great-grandfather/grandmother
el bisabuelo/a
descendant
el/la descendiente
emigrant
el/la emigrante
slave
el/la esclavo/a
foreigner
el/la extranjero/a
immigrant
el/la inmigrante
mestizo (indigenous and European)
el/la mestizo/a
mulatto (black and European)
el/la mulato/a
distant relative
el/la pariente lejano/a
political refugee
el/la refugiado/a político/a
resident
el/la residente
great-great grandfather/grandmother
el/la tatarabuelo/a
ancestry
la ascendencia
in search of new opportunities (horizons)
en busca de nuevos horizontes
discrimination
la discriminación
to discriminate against someone
discriminar a alguien
to miss (a person, a place, etc.)
echar de menos
emigration
la emigración
to emigrate
emigrar
abroad
el extranjero
to do something against one’s will
hacer algo contra su voluntad
to become a citizen
hacerse ciudadano/a
to see success in America
hacerse la América