Unidad 3, Lección 2 Flashcards
(59 cards)
1
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el (la) activista
A
activist
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actualidad
A
present time; currently
3
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la defensa
A
defense
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destacado(a)
A
outstanding
5
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destacarse
A
to stand out, to excel
6
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los exponentes
A
exponents, supporters
7
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el mediocampista
A
midfielder
8
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el Premio Nóbel
A
Nobel Prize
9
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…de la Paz
A
for Peace
10
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…de Literatura
A
for Literature
11
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la provincia
A
province
12
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quiché
A
Quiche people and language spoken in parts of Guatemala
13
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el rito
A
rite; ritual
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el cero
A
zero
15
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la desaparición
A
disappearance
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la destrucción
A
destruction
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emplear
A
to employ; to use
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la escritura
A
writing
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pacífico(a)
A
pacific; peaceful
20
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la pirámide
A
pyramid
21
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el sistema
A
system
22
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asimilarse
A
to assimilate, incorporate (oneself); to be absorbed
23
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la Capitanía General de Guatemala
A
General Captaincy of Guatemala
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dominante
A
dominant
25
la mayoría
majority
26
la presión
pressure
27
breve
brief; short
28
el (la) dueño(a)
master; owner
29
facilitar
to facilitate; to make easy
30
la inestabilidad
instability
31
la plantación
plantation
32
la pobreza
poverty
33
surgir
to spring up, arise
34
unirse
to join, unite oneself
35
ambicioso(a)
ambitious
36
comunista
communist
37
distribuir
to distribute
38
la expansión
expansion
39
la Guerra Fría
Cold War
40
la hectárea
hectare (approx. 2.5 acres)
41
el (la) idealista
idealist
42
modernizar
to modernize
43
promulgar
to proclaim; to promulgate
44
el (la) propietario(a)
land owner; landlord
45
proponer
to propose, suggest
46
la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA)
Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)
47
asesinar
to assassinate
48
el coronel
colonel
49
los derechos humanos
human rights
50
derrocado(a)
overthrown, defeated
51
dirigir
to direct
52
el (la) disidente
dissident
53
el gobierno
government
54
resolver
to resolve
55
bloquear
to block
56
el nombramiento
appointment, nomination
57
la oligarquía
oligarchy
58
la opresión
oppression
59
poderoso(a)
powerful
