vocabulario 3.2

el (la) ciudadano(a)

citizen

el compromiso

commitment

la conciencia social

social awareness

encargarse de

to take charge of, to make oneself responsible for

la irresponsabilidad

irresponsibility

penalizar

to penalize

la pol�tica

politics

el principio

principle

respetar

to respect

satisfacer

to satisfy

la sociedad

society

la unidad

unity

comercializar

to market

invertir (ie, i)

to invest

novedoso(a)

novel, original

la patente

patent

el producto

product

advertir (ie)

to warn

cometer

to make (a mistake)

emprender

to undertake

el error

mistake, error

insistir

to insist

luchar

to struggle

persistir

to persist

progresar

to progress

prosperar

to prosper

seguir adelante

to continue on, to carry on

solucionar

to solve

superar

to overcome

la advertencia

warning

el fracaso

failure

la mejora

improvement

el obst�culo

obstacle

el sufrimiento

suffering

criticar

to criticize

es imprescindible que...

it is indispensable/imperative that...

es raro que...

it is strange that...

evaluar

to evaluate

por un lado...

on one hand...

por el otro lado...

on the other hand...