Immigration A2 Flashcards
(160 cards)
1
Q
To take in
A
Acoger
2
Q
To contribute
A
Aportar
3
Q
To support
A
Apoyar
4
Q
To risk (oneself)
A
Arriesgarse
5
Q
Political asylum
A
El asilo político
6
Q
Boom
A
El auge
7
Q
To look for
A
Buscar
8
Q
To report
A
Denunciar
9
Q
Human rights
A
Los derechos humanos
10
Q
Adrift
A
A la deriva
11
Q
Collapse
A
El derrumbe
12
Q
To waste
A
Despilfarrar
13
Q
Boat
A
La embarcación
14
Q
To push
A
Empujar
15
Q
To enrich
A
Enriquecer
16
Q
Lack
A
La escasez
17
Q
To choose
A
Escoger
18
Q
Hope
A
La esperanza
19
Q
Foreigner
A
El extranjero
20
Q
Brain drain
A
La fuga de cerebros
21
Q
To earn a living
A
Ganarse la vida
22
Q
To need
A
Hacer falta
23
Q
To find
A
Hallar
24
Q
Hospitality sector
A
La hostelería
25
Equality
La igualdad
26
Illegal immigrant
El inmigrante irregular
27
To retire
Jubilarse
28
Workforce
La mano de obra
29
To provide for
Mantener a
30
To leave
Marcharse
31
Black market
El mercado sumergido
32
To suffer
Padecer
33
To pay taxes
Pagar impuestos
34
A host country
Un país receptor
35
Boat used by immigrants
La patera
36
Work permit/residency permit
El permiso de trabajo/de residencia
37
To head to
Poner rumbo a
38
Spokesperson
El/la portavoz
39
Coming from
Procedente de
40
To take away
Quitar
41
To carry out
Realizar
42
To take refuge
Refugiarse
43
Refugee
Refugiado/a
44
To rerun
Regresar
45
To rescue
Rescatar
46
Social security
La seguridad social
47
To survive
Sobrevivir
48
Birth rate
La tasa de natalidad
49
To relocate/to move
Trasladarse
50
Wall/border
La valla
51
Despite
A pesar de
52
To have just (done something)
Acabar de
53
To show gratitude for
Agradecer
54
To feed
Alimentar
55
To yearn
Anhelar
56
Ancestry
La ascendencia
57
Quality of life
La calidad de vida
58
To change
Cambiar
59
Census
El censo
60
Citizenship
La ciudadanía
61
Colonies
Las colonias
62
To share
Compartir
63
To live with
Convivir
64
To grow up
Crecer
65
To leave
Dejar
66
Destination
El destino
67
To spread
Difundir
68
To head
Dirigir
69
Stability
La estabilidad
70
To break out
Estallar
71
Lack of
La falta de
72
Training
La formación
73
To earn
Ganar
74
War
La guerrilla
75
Hunger
El hambre
76
To flee
Huir
77
To increase
Incrementar
78
Links with
Los lazos con
79
Freedom
La libertad
80
To make ends meet
Llegar a fin de mes
81
To fight
Luchar
82
To improve
Mejorar
83
Spanish-speaking world
El mundo hispánico
84
To be born
Nacer
85
Wave/surge/flood of
La oleada de
86
To stay
Permanecer
87
To try your luck
Probar suerte
88
Post/position
El puesto
89
To strengthen/to reinforce
Reforzar
90
To live
Residir
91
To return
Retornar
92
The Castro revolution
La revolución castrista
93
Wealth
La riqueza
94
To save
Salvar
95
To carry on/to follow
Seguir
96
To highlight
Señalar
97
European Union
La Unión Europea
98
To travel
Viajar
99
To camp out
Acampar
100
To accept/to embrace
Acoger
101
To go deep into
Adentrar
102
To drown
Ahogarse
103
To arrest
Apresar
104
Support
El arraigo
105
Arrival
El arribo
106
Legal advice
El asesoramiento jurídico
107
Native
Autóctono
108
To help
Auxiliar
109
To look for
Buscar
110
To fall
Caer
111
Refuge centre
El centro de asistencia
112
To get
Conseguir
113
Smuggler
El contrabandista
114
To cross
Cruzar
115
To look after
Cuidar
116
To deport
Deportar
117
Rights
Los derechos
118
To discover
Descubrir
119
To arrest
Detener
120
To register
Empadronar
121
To head/to lead
Encabezar
122
The Straits (of Gibraltar)
El estrecho
123
To avoid
Evadir
124
To die
Fallecer
125
To sign
Firmar
126
Civil servant
El funcionario
127
To hit
Golpear
128
To shout
Gritar
129
Injured person
El herido
130
To sink
Hundir
131
Equality
La igualdad
132
Immigrants without any documents/papers
Los indocumentados
133
To enter
Ingresar
134
To invest
Invertir
135
To achieve
Lograr
136
Nevertheless
No obstante
137
Western
Occidental
138
To pay
Pagar
139
The native population
La población autóctona
140
Poverty
La pobreza
141
Policy/politics
La política
142
To start, to set in motion
Poner en marcha
143
The Press
La prensa
144
Gross Domestic Product
El producto interior bruto
145
To resort to
Recurrir
146
To legalise
Regularizar
147
Remittances (money)
Las remesas
148
Risk
El riesgo
149
Survivor
El sobreviviente
150
Suspicious
Sospechoso
151
The rate of
La tasa de
152
To land
Tocar tierra
153
Trafficker
El traficante
154
To process (paperwork)
Tramitar
155
To carry
Transportar
156
To move
Trasladar
157
Treatment/agreement
El trato
158
Journey
La travesía/el trayecto
159
Threshold
El umbral
160
To get together
Unirse
