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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 Las Aguas Residuales | The Sewage |
| El aprovechamiento de desechos | Waste utilization/salvage |
| La depuradora | The sewage treatment plant |
| La desertificación | Desertification |
| Ecologista | Ecologist |
| efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| emisión | emission |
| excremento | excrement |
| escape radioactivo | Radioactive leak |
| la fosa séptica | Septic tank |
| Aguas pluviales | rainwater |
| incendio forestal | forest fire |
| nube tóxica | toxic cloud |
| placa | cell |
| planta de reciclaje | recycling plant |
| pesticida | pesticide |
| residuos domésticos | domestic waste |
| sistema de aire acondicionado | Air conditioning system |
| trituradora de basura | waste disposal unit |
| vertido | dumping |
| contenador de cartón | container for cardboard |
| cubo de basura | the bin |
| depurar | to purify |
| incendiar | to burn down/set fire to |
| titurar | to crush |
| verter | to dump |
| el envase retornable | returnable bottle |
| Danino | Harmful |
| De Confianza | Reliable |
| Basurero | Dump |
| Derivar | To derive |
| Derramar | to spill |
| Desafio | Challenge |
| Descargar | to discharge |
| Desintegrar | Dissintegrate |
| Devastar | to devistate |
| Dioxido de carbono | Carbon dioxide |
| En bruto | rough |
| disponible | available |
| dotar de | supply with |
| efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| ambalaje/empaquetado/envase | packaging |
| en peligro | endangered |
| energía cinética/hydroélectrica | kinetic/hydro energy |
| afligido | ailing |
| enorme | huge |
| equilibrio | equillibrium |
| suelo | soil |
| erosionar | to erode |
| estudios medioambientales | environmental studies |
| exponer | to expose |
| ampliamente generalizado | widespread |
| fértil | fertile |
| firmamente | firmly |
| sostenidamente | steadily |
| boya | float |
| flujo y reflujo | ebb and flow |
| fumarola/humazón | fumes |
| humo de escape | exhaust fumes |
| gestion de los residuos | waste management |
| hidrocarbono | hydrocarbon |
| hora punta | peak hour |
| hostil | hostile |
| humus | top soil |
| imprecidible | unpredictable |
| incomestible | inedible |
| indice de natalidad | birth rate |
| inhabitable | uninhabitable |
| superfluo | needless |
| carente de importanci | negligable |
| asunto | concern |
| inundar | to inundate |
| irrigar | to irrigate |
| irradiar | to radiate |
| aborrecer | to hate |
| arraigado | deep-rooted |
| asilo | asylum |
| asistente social | social worker |
| atraso | backwardness |
| barrios bajos | poor districts of town |
| cabeza rapada | skinhead |
| caridad | charity |
| chabola | shack |
| chabolismo | problems to do with shanty towns |
| ciudadanía | citizenship |
| desdén | scorn |
| denunciar | to report |
| derechos humanos | human rights |
| detener | to arrest |
| digno | worthy/dignified |
| empobrecimiento | impoverishment |
| encarcelar | to imprison |
| enchufar | to pull strings |
| enchufe | influence/useful contact |
| equitativo | fair |
| etnia | ethnic group |
| igualitario | egalitarian |
| indignidad | indignity |
| influir en | to influence |
| injusticia | injustice |
| juicio | trial/judgement/good sense |
| juzgar | to judge |
| legalizar | to legalize |
| ley de extranjeria | immigration act |
| limosna | alms/charity |
| malos tratos | physical abuse |
| marginado | marginalized/alienated |
| marroquí | morroccan |
| mendigar | to beg |
| mendigo | begger |
| minusválido | handicapped person |
| musulmán | muslim |
| nepotismo | nepotism |
| padecer | to suffer |
| patera | north africa - europe immigrant boat |
| payo | non-gypsy |
| raza | raice |
| rechazo | rejection |
| refugiarse | to take refuge |
| respaldo | support |
| sindicato | trade union |
| los sin papeles | illegal immigrants |
| soborno | bribery |
| subdesarrollado | underdeveloped |
| supervivencia | survival |
| tercermundista tolerancia | third world tolerance |
| tribunal de justicia fr ls UE | European court of justice |
| visado | visa |
| apalear | to beat up |
| asilo político | political asylum |
| brote de racismo | outburst of racism |
| buscar asilo | to seek asylum |
| el campamento de refugiados | refugee camps |
| concesión de la nacionalidad | granting of nationality |
| conciudadano | fellow citizen |
| convivir | to live together |
| deportación | deportation |
| desconcertado | bewildered |
| desconfianza | distrust |
| establecerse | to settle down |
| étnico | ethnic |
| exiliar | to exile |
| explotación | exploitation |
| gueto | ghetto |
| inadaptación | maladjustment |
| inmigrante clandestino | illegal immigrant |
| manifestación | demonstration |
| marginación | rejection |
| pais adoptivo | adopted country |
| país anfitrión | host country |
| permiso de residencia/trabajo | residence/work permit |
| proceso integrador | process of integration |
| la sociedad pluricultural | multicultural society |
| la solicitud de asilo | application for asylum |
| ultraderechista | extreme right-winger |
| ser mano de obra barata | to be a cheap workforce |
| no ser capaz de adoptarse a | to be unable to adapt oneself to |
| hacer un esfuerzo para adaptarse | to try to adapt oneself to |
| sentirse marginado | to feel rejected |
| desolador | devastating |
| valiente | brave |
| inestable | unstable |
| estoico | indifferent |
| lúgubre | mournful |
| temporal | temporary |
| agobiante | tiresome/overwhelming |
| conflictivo | troubled |
| sombrio | sombre |
| chabolista | shanty town |
| animoso | spirited |
| contundente | blunt |
| resignado | resigned |
| abandonado | abandoned |
| itinerante | traveller |
| infrahumano | subhuman |
| miedoso | frightening |
| educador | teacher |
| carencial | lacking |
| aumentativo | increasing |
| cambiable | changeable |
| envejecimiento | aging |
| carestía | lack |
| adquirido | aquired |
| huellas | footprints/tracks |
| lazos | bonds |
| rentas | salary |
| guardia civil | francos police |
| temporero | seasonal worker |
| sindicato de obreros del campo | the farmers union |
| desfavorecidos | disadvantaged |
| colegas | mate |
| paliza | beating |
| mala fama | bad name |
| espada | sword |
| amplia | large |
| periferia | outskirt |
| alcantarillado | sewer system |
| pandilla | gang |
| carecer | to lack |
| encarecer | to increase price |
| lanzar | to launch/throw |
| apalear | to beat |
| agobiar | to burden |
| a corto/largo plazo | in the short/long term |
| abono | manure |
| agravarse | to get worse |
| ahorrar | to save |
| amenaza | threat |
| animal salvaje | wild animal |
| arder | to burn |
| atmosfera | atmosphere |
| barrer | to sweep |
| bosque | wood |
| calentarse | to get warmer |
| calentamiento global | global warming |
| capa de ozono | ozone layer |
| central nuclear | nuclear power station |
| cientifico | scientist |
| clorofluorocarbonos | cloroflorocarbons |
| combustible | fuel |
| concienciar | to make aware |
| cuenca | basin |
| dañar | to damage/harm |
| derrochar | to squander |
| desechos radioactivas | radioactive waste |
| desgaste | erosion |
| desperdicios | rubbish |
| despilfarro | waste |
| emanaciones toxicas | toxic emissions |
| envase | wrapping |
| espacio natural | open space |
| fabrica | factory |
| gases de escape | exhaust gases |
| humo | smoke |
| incendiar | to set fire to |
| limpieza | cleaning |
| mancha de petroleo | oil slick |
| monte | woodland/mountain |
| pantano | marsh |
| perjudicial | harmful |
| petrolero | oil tanker |
| recipiente | container |
| recogida | collection |
| regar | to irrigate |
| restos | left overs |
| salvar | to save |
| selva | jungle |
| sequia | drought |
| sociedad consumista | consumer society |
| subida de temperaturas | rise in temp |
| tirar | to throw awar |
| tomar medidas | to take steps (measures) |
| venenoso | poisonous |
| los verdes | the greens |
| verter | to dump |
| vertedero | rubbish dump |
| aguas residuales | sewage |
| aprovechimiento de desechos | waste management |
| placa | cell |
| pesticida | pesticide |
| adolescencia | adolescence |
| adolescente | teenager |
| ama de casa | house wife |
| bautizo | baptism |
| benjamín | youngest child |
| caprichoso | capricious |
| celos | jealousy |
| chalet | detached house |
| compartir piso | to share a flat |
| consuegro | fellow father in law |
| crecer | to grow up |
| criar | to raise/bring up |
| crío | child |
| cuñado | brother in law |
| dar de mamar | breast feed |
| domicilio familiar | family home |
| edad del pavo | awkward age |
| educar | to educate |
| emancipación | emancipation |
| en familia | in private |
| envejecer | to grow old |
| estudios | education |
| familia numerosa | large family |
| guardería | nursery |
| hijastro | stepson |
| horario | schedule |
| independizarse | to become independent |
| infancia | childhood |
| instituto | state secondary school |
| madrastra | stepmother |
| madurez | maturity |
| menor de edad | under age |
| mimado | spoilt |
| nieto | grandson |
| oveja negra | black sheep |
| padrastro | stepfather |
| pariente | relative |
| permiso de maternidad | maternity leave |
| primogénito | first born |
| puesta de largo | coming of age |
| suegro | father in law |
| tercera edad | senior citizens |
| tío abuelo | great uncle |
| vivienda | dwelling |
| auto estima | self esteem |
| aborto | abortion |
| igualdad de sexos | equal opportunities |
| cubata | soda/alcohol mixed drink |
| desengaño amoroso | an unhappy love affair |
| comer el coco | to brainwash |
| paga | allowance |
| rebelarse | to rebel |
| prejuicio | prejudice |
| derrochador | spend-thrift |
| sin blanca | broke |
| cobrar el paro | to receive unemployment benefit |
| ambiente familiar | family environment |
| engañar a alguien | to be unfaithful to someone |
| droga | drugs |
| encontrar to media naranja | to find your better half |
| empollón | nerd |
| drogarse | to take drugs |
| forofo de | fan of |
| ir de tapeo | go out for drinks/snacks |
| porro | joint |
| adelgazar | to slim |
| aderezar | to season/garnish |
| alimenticio | nutritional |
| alimento | food |
| asar | to roast |
| ataque cardíaco | heart attack |
| aumentar de peso | to put on weight |
| ayuno | fasting |
| caballo | heroin |
| caer enfermo | to fall sick |
| caldo | soup |
| cansancio | tiredness |
| catarro | cold |
| cazuela | cassarole |
| ciego | blind |
| conciliar el sueño | to get to sleep |
| comida | midday meal |
| consumo | consumption |
| cultivo | crop |
| desfallecer | to faint |
| delgado | slim |
| desnutrición | malnutrition |
| dieta mediterránea | Mediterranean diet |
| droga de diseño | desogner drug |
| drogadicción | drug addiction |
| enfermedad | disease |
| enfermizo | sickly |
| engordar | to get fat |
| estar bien de salud | to be well |
| estresado | to be stressed out |
| estupefaciente | drug |
| farmacéutico | chemist |
| heno | hay |
| fumador | smoker |
| grasa | fat |
| gripe | flu |
| guardar cama | to stay in bed |
| guardar la linea | to keep one's figure |
| hacer dieta | to go on a diet |
| hachís | hashish |
| horno | oven |
| hortaliza | vegetable |
| ir de marienda | to go on a picnic |
| legumbre | pulse |
| lesión | injury |
| marisco | seafood |
| matar el gusanillo | to kill hunger |
| medicamento | medicine |
| microondas | microwave |
| mudo | dumb |
| narcotraficante | drug trafficker |
| operarse | to have an operation |
| paciente | patient |
| pastel | cake |
| pasto | pasture |
| pesca | fishing |
| pez | fish in water |
| píldora | pill |
| plato | dish |
| postre | dessert |
| probar | to taste |
| receta | recipe |
| régimen | diet |
| sabor | taste |
| sanidad | public health |
| Sida | aids |
| síntoma | symptom |
| sobremesa | after lunch period |
| sordo | death |
| tratamiento | treatment |
| verduras | green veggies |
| Imagen | image |
| desarrollo | development |
| sugerir | suggest |
| detener | to stop |
| darse cuenta de | to realize |
| costo | cost |
| precio | price |
| fracaso | failure |
| A menos que | Unless |
| gustaría que | would like that |
| hace falta que | to be necessary that |
| con tal de que | so that |
| importarle que | to matter |
| conviene que | it is advisable that |
| dejar que | to allow |
| en caso de que | in case |
| no estar convencido de que | to not be convinced that |
| es dudoso que | it is doubtful that |
| para que | in order that + subj. |
| es manester/preciso que | it is necessary that |
| abolir | to abolish |
| acudir a las urnas | to go to the polls |
| anarquista | anarchist |
| aristocracia | aristocracy |
| campaña electoral | electoral campaign |
| clase media | middle class |
| clase trabajadora | working class |
| congreso de los diputados | house of commons |
| demócrata | democrat |
| democratico | democratic |
| derecho a voto | right to vote |
| derechas | right wing |
| dictadura | dictatorship |
| elegir | to elect |
| fascismo | fascism |
| gabinete | cabinet |
| gobernar | to govern |
| golpe de estado | coup d'etat |
| imponer | to impose |
| infante | prince |
| izquierdas | left wing |
| ministro | minister |
| monarquía | monarchy |
| nacionalizar | nationalize |
| neutralidad | neutrality |
| nobleza | nobility |
| opinion pública | public opinion |
| pacifismo | pacifism |
| parlamento | parliament |
| partido político | political party |
| patria | native country |
| primarias | primary elections |
| política | politics |
| político | politician |
| primer ministro | prime minister |
| privatizar | to privatise |
| reinar | to rule |
| senador | senator |
| sondeo de opinion | opinion poll |
| suprimir | to do away with |
| vicepresidente | vice president |
| votar contra/por | vote against/for |
| acoger a un refugiado | to admit a refugee |
| agente antidisturbio | riot police |
| atentado terrorista | terrorist attack |
| blanquear capital | to launder money |
| cabeza de turco | scapegoat |
| carterista | pickpocket |
| celda | cell |
| censura | censorship |
| chantajear | to blackmail |
| comisaría de policía | police station |
| comunicado de prensa | press release |
| control de alcoholemia | breath test |
| declarar culpable | to convict |
| delito | crime |
| deportar | to deport |
| desarraigado | uprooted |
| esposar | to handcuff |
| enganchado | hooked |
| libertad condicional | parole |
| fuerzas de seguridad | security forces |
| gamberro | thug |
| huella | print |
| impune | unpunished |
| indemnización | compensation |
| infracción | offence |
| ir de paisano | to wear plain clothes |
| juicio | trial |
| libre circulacion | freedom of movement |
| limpieza étnica | ethnic cleansing |
| malversacion | embezzlement |
| matón | bully |
| multa | fine |
| ola de inmigraccion | wave of immigration |
| pasar de controbando | to smuggle |
| primera plana | front page |
| promulgar una ley | to pass a law |
| proyecto de ley | bill (legal) |
| rehén | hostage |
| secuestro | to kidnap |
| seguridad ciudadano | public safety |
| sembrar | to spread |
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