Useful Words Flashcards

(65 cards)

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Un golpe de estado

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Coup

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Ciudadanía

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Citizenry, population

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3
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Llenar

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To fill

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4
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Poderoso/a

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Powerful

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5
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Amenazar

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To threaten

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El riesgo

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Risk

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El fuga

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Flight, fleeing

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8
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El reto

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Challenge

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9
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Una inversionista

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Investor

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10
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Una ventaja

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Advantage

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Ventajas y desavantajas

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Pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages

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12
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Sacar a la luz

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Bring to light

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13
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El lema

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Motto, slogan

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14
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Una escasez

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Shortage

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15
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Tener en cuenta

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Take into account

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16
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Huir

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To flee

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17
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Empeorar

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To worsen, deteriorate

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18
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El sistema de pesos y contrapesos

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System of checks and balances

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19
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Volverse

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To become

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20
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El disparo

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Shooting, gunshot

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21
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Darse cuenta

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To realize

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22
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Aprovechar

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To take advantage of

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23
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El intercambio de ideas

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Exchange of ideas

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Los presupuestos

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Budgets

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El liderazgo
Leadership
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La igualdad de género
Gender equality
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Establecerse
To settle
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Arrepentirse
To regret
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Las guías
Guidelines
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Animar
Encourage
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La supervivencia
Survival
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Añadir
To add, build on
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Ser capaz de
To be capable of, able to
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Dividido/a
Divisive
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El sesgo
Bias
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El estado fallido
Failed state
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Éxito
Success
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Tener éxito en
To be successful in
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El reconocimiento
Recognition
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El tiroteo
Mass shooting
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El ejército
Military, army
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Un problema de vida o muerte
A problem of life or death
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Abrumar
To overwhelm
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El debido proceso
Due process
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Dejar mucho que desear
To leave much to be desired
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El techo de cristal
The glass ceiling
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Discriminar
To discriminate
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La brecha (ej. la brecha de género)
A gap (ex: gender gap)
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El autoestima
Self-esteem
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El desprecio
Contempt, disregard
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Enriquecerse
To enrich oneself
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Privar de (un derecho)
To deprive of (a right)
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Círculo vicioso intergeneracionales
Vicious intergenerational circle
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El poder adquisitivo
Purchasing power
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La patria potestad
Parental authority
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Invisibilizar
To make invisible, to hide
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Hacer cumplir
To enforce
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“No practica lo que predicar”
He doesn’t practice what he preaches
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“Predica pero no aplica”
He talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk
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Estar de acuerdo
To be in agreement, to agree
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Dañino/a
Damaging
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Renunciar
Resign
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Despedir
Fire
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Un impasse
A problem, impasse, deadlock
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Predecir
Predict