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ADVANCED VOCABULARY – NO TRANSLATION

ponderar(1. -are pondu, peso) tr. Considerar, examinar de tenidamente (una cosa). 2 Contrapesar, equilibrar. 3 Exagerar, encarecer.

Pablo nos ha demostrado que no sabe ponderar nada.

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BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION

llevar v.t. 1 to take. 2 to carry. 3 to wear.

• Llevo un paraguas cuando llueve.
• I carry an umbrella when it rains.

BASIC VOCABULARY – Thematic approach- Social Problems and Issues

• la desigualdad – inequality
• la plaga – plague
• el desamparo – homelessness
• sin hogar – homeless

Next week – Basic Vocabulary- Travel Terms

IDIOM

Ir al grano

• Spanish: To get to the seed.
• English: To get to the point.

BONUS WORD – TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED

Sinónimos- escaso (scarce, limited, thin, sparse, slim, slender, few, mean, tight, stingy ) insuficiente, falto, exiguo, limitado, pobre, carente, mezquino, roñoso.

MODISMO-

(Bolivia) totora – high grass that grows on lake shores = pasto alto que crece a la orilla de los lagos.

Next week – modismos from Guatemala

PROVERB

• La experiencia es madre de la ciencia.
• Experience is the mother of wisdom.

BUSINESS VOCABULARY

• retirar – to withdraw
• ahorrar – to save
• cobrar – to cash
• enviar dinero por cable – to wire money

ADVANCED PHRASE – no translation

La familia es un regalo hermoso que cada persona posee, es donde se comparten sentimientos de amor y de paz, porque todos unidos formamos una familia.

SPANISH COGNATES

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