Tema 1 Vocabulario

apoderarse

to take power, to take possession

aquejar

to afflict

constatar

to verify

la sede

headquarters, venue

sostenerse

to support, sustain oneself

la inform�tica

computer science

el magisterio

teaching; teacher training

mermado(a)

depleted; reduced

trasladar

to transfer, to move

encarnar

to embody

enarbolar

to raise; to fly

satanizar

to demonize

la rentabilidad

profitability

la chabola

shack, shanty

vitalicio(a)

for life

el reclamo

call; complaint

perecer

to perish

concertarse

to reach an agreement; to arrange

sembrar

to plant; to sow

la empresa

company, firm

generar

generate

avasallador

overbearing, resounding

el interrogante

question, doubt

el enga�o

deception, deceit

trinar

to trill; to warble

el (la) aliado(a)

ally

el perfil

profile, outline

rastrear

to search, to track

el dispositivo

mechanism, device

el (la) ermita�o(a)

hermit

el (la) internauta

net-surfer, Internet user

recopilar

to compile

destacar

to emphasize; to highlight

el istmo

isthmus

sumamente

extremely

el (la) chaval(a)

kid, youngster

abrir el terreno

to open the way

el entrenamiento

training

penal

criminal

el acoso

harrassment, bullying

la herramienta

tool

el asombro

astonishment

atomizar

to fragment; to spray

indagar

to investigate

la precipitaci�n

rush, hurry

sumir

to sink into, to plunge

el �mbito

field (of expertise)

consagrar

to consecrate

la lancha

boat

sacar provecho (de)

to capitalize (on)

la coyuntura

turning point

la parcela

plot (of land)

lamentarse

to complain; to moan

el (la) santiaguino(a)

of/from Santiago

vinculado(a)

linked, tied

dispararse

to go off; to shoot

la etapa

stage, phase

el residuo

remainder, residue

gestionar

to negotiate

la tasa

rate, tax, fee

la generaci�n

generation

la medida

measurement

el sector informal

informal sector

inculcar

to instill

menudo(a)

slight, small, fine

ensombrecerse

to be saddened; to darken

sombr�o(a)

dark, gloomy

tutear

to address using familiar "t�

empe�arse en

to strive to; to make an effort to

desequilibrarse

to become unbalanced

el capricho

whim, caprice

la compostura

composure

desconcertar

to disconcert

incongruente

incongruous; unconnected

fastidiado(a)

upset; not well

el (la) gestor(a)

agent, promoter

el casco urbano

village

la superaci�n

self-improvement

el rescate

ransom

la �ndole

kind, nature

la talabarter�a

saddlery

la orfebrer�a

goldsmithing

tallar

to carve; to sculpt

la creencia

belief

la etnia

ethnic group

compuesto(a) de

composed (of)

fusionar

to fuse; to merge

el legado

bequest, legacy

el banquito

stool

la mamadera

baby bottle

la plata

silver, silverware

el bicho

bug

con todas las letras

clearly

hacerse cargo (de)

to take over; to take charge