F3S1 - narco

Question 1

To sink

Answer 1

(H)undir

Question 2

To dig under / to undermine

Answer 2

Socavar

El proyecto ha sido criticado por socavar la libertad de expresión.

The bill has been criticized for undermining freedom of expression.

Question 3

To hinder/obstruct (3)

Answer 3

dificultar
Entorpecer
obstaculizar

Question 4

Roots/support

Answer 4

El arraigo

Question 5

To flatten / to level

Answer 5

Allanar

Question 6

Board

Answer 6

La junta

Question 7

Estupefacientes

Answer 7

Narcotics

Question 8

Reexpedir

Answer 8

To resend (used in a business manner with drugs? Being repackaged?)

Question 9

The weakness

Answer 9

La debilidad

Question 10

La delincuencia organizada

Answer 10

Organized crime

Question 11

Delictivo/a

Answer 11

Criminal

Question 12

Procedente

Answer 12

Coming from

Question 13

Seizure

Answer 13

Incautación

Question 14

Untimely/ungodly (meaning really untimely)

Answer 14

Intempestivo

Question 15

Hasta que

Answer 15

Until

Question 16

La media mundial

Answer 16

Global average

Question 17

Por encima

Answer 17

Can mean above

Question 18

Preocupación

Answer 18

Concern/ worry

Question 19

Uso indebido

Answer 19

Abuse
Indebido - improper/wrongful

Question 20

Ecstasy

Answer 20

Éxtasis (literal and the drug)

Question 21

Scared

Answer 21

Asustado/a

Question 22

Police station

Answer 22

La comisaría

Question 23

Equipaje

Answer 23

Luggage

Question 24

Sabe usted lo que hay dentro?

Answer 24

Do you know what’s inside?

Question 25

Soler imperfect and present

Answer 25

Imperfect - to used to Present - to tend to

Question 26

País de procedencia?

Answer 26

What country are you coming from?

Question 27

Calvario

Answer 27

Can mean torture

Question 28

Perdedores

Answer 28

Can just mean those that missed out Perdedores de la crisis económica

Question 29

To whip

Answer 29

Azotar (can be figurative)

Question 30

En paro

Answer 30

Unemployed Possibly on strike

Question 31

Construcción worker

Answer 31

Albaniles

Question 32

Amas de casa

Answer 32

House wife?

Question 33

Prison sentence

Answer 33

Condena

Question 34

Paradoxically

Answer 34

Paradójicamente

Question 35

Chain

Answer 35

Cadena

Question 36

To recruit

Answer 36

Reclutar Los reclutadas

Question 37

Soup kitchens

Answer 37

Comedores de beneficencia

Question 38

The moral

Answer 38

La moraleja

Question 39

Los policías La policía

Answer 39

The police (referencing the officers) The police (referencing the institution)

Question 40

Supporters and Detractors

Answer 40

Defensores Detractores