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ADVANCED VOCABULARY – NO TRANSLATION

ducho, -cha (ductu < ducere) adj. Experimentado, diestro.
No hay que ser muy ducho para saber que el pueblo cubano ha rechazado al líder individual de carne y hueso y lo ha encontrado en la conciencia histórica de su alma que es La Cuba Eterna.

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BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION

juzgarv.t. 1 DER. to judge, to pass judgement on. 2 to consider, to believe: juzgo que estás equivocado = I believe you are wrong. 3 to assess.

  • No es bueno juzgar a los demás.
  • It is not good to judge others.

BASIC VOCABULARY – Thematic approach- Social Problems and Issues

  • la protesta – protest
  • el/la activista – activist
  • amotinarse – to riot
  • la pobreza – poverty

Next week – Basic Vocabulary- Travel Terms

IDIOM

No poder ver a alguien ni en pintura.

Spanish: No to be able to see someone even in a painting.
English: Not to be able to stand the sight of someone.

BONUS WORD – TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

Sinónimos- ducho (experienced, skillful, well versed) experto, experimentado, capaz, competente, avezado, baqueteado, fogueado.

MODISMO

(Bolivia) tunta – potato starch – almidón de patatas.

Next week – modismos from Guatemala

PROVERB

  • De nada no se hace nada.
  • Nothing comes of or from nothing.

BUSINESS VOCABULARY

  • el desempleo – unemployment
  • los beneficios de desempleo – unemployment benefits
  • la oficina del desempleo – unemployment office
  • buscar un trabajo – to search for a job

ADVANCED PHRASE – no translation

El negocio del cine es macabro, grotesco: es una mezcla de partido de fútbol y de burdel. –Federico Fellini

SPANISH COGNATES

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