| Term | Definition |
| aceptar | to accept |
| el beneficio | benefit |
| bilingüe | bilingual |
| el chicano | Mexican-American |
| el contrabandista | smuggler |
| la dignidad | dignitary |
| la generación | generation |
| generalmente | generally |
| el remedio | solution |
| simultáneamente | simultaneously |
| amar | to love |
| el amor | love |
| asimilarse | to assimilate |
| la asimilación | assimilation |
| contar | to tell |
| el cuento | story |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| el emigrante | emigrant |
| esperar | to wait |
| esperanza | hope |
| exiliar | to exile |
| el exilio | exile |
| inmigrar | to immigrate |
| el inmigrante | immigrant |
| legalizar | to legalize |
| legalización | legalization |
| rechazar | to reject |
| el rechazo | rejection |
| recordar | to remember |
| el recuerdo | memory |
| residir | to dwell |
| el residente | resident |
| la aduana | customs |
| la ascendencia | heritage |
| la ciudadanía | citizenship |
| el coyote | person who takes an undocumented immigrant over the border in exchange for money |
| el extranjero | stranger |
| la fábrica | factory |
| la frontera | border |
| el indocumentado | undocumented immigrant |
| el logro | achievement |
| la migra | immigration police |
| la patria | homeland |
| la pobreza | poverty |
| la raíz | root |
| la riqueza | wealth |
| la tierra | land, earth |
| agradecer | to appreciate |
| ahorrar | to save |
| conseguir | to obtain |
| criar | to raise children |
| dejar | to leave behind |
| dejar de | to stop |
| despedirse | to say goodbye |
| establecerse | to establish oneself |
| estar harto de | to be fed up with |
| estar rodeado | to be surrounded by |
| extrañar, echar de menos | to miss |
| gastar | to spend or waste |
| hacerle falta | to miss, to lack |
| hallarse | to find oneself, to be |
| nacer | to be born |
| olvidar | to forget |
| realizarse | to become true |
| reunir | to reunite |
| soler | to be used to, to be accustomed to |
| superar | to overcome |
| trasladar | to move |
| a través de | through, by means of |
| al mismo tiempo, a la vez | at the same time |
| cercano | close |
| de vez en cuando | from time to time |
| en el extranjero | abroad |
| en seguida | right away, immediately |
| lejano | far |
| orgulloso | proud |
| seguido | often |