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La historia oficial vocabulario

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la disciplina
discipline
el himno nacional
national anthem
pasar lista
to take attendance
regalar las notas
To give out grades
la espuma
foam
la muñeca
doll
la mucama
maid
la nena
girl
el imbécil
idiot
los negocios
business
culpable, la culpa
guilty (guilt)
los subversivos
subversives/ rebels
compadecer
to pity
hogar dulce hogar
home sweet home
llorar
to cry
la violación
rape
ahogado
drowned
acordarse de
to remember
tener miedo
to be afraid
el golpe
blow, hit
denunciar
to inform on, denounce, report
secuestrar
to kidnap
el cuñado
brother-in-law
el mago
magician
silbar
to whistle
renunciar
to quit
cumplir
to turn... years old
el expediente
file
el despelote
mess, fuss
estoy apurada
I'm in a hurry
el ascensor
elevator
los extranjeros
foreigners
despedir
to fire
la búsqueda
search
la misericordia
compassion
la sala de partos
delivery room
el certificado de nacimiento
birth certificate
los padres adoptivos
adoptive parents
la primogénita
first born
la tumba
grave
la plata
money
el pronóstico del tiempo
weather forecast
la broma
joke
los burgueses
upper class people
commovedora
touching
el pelo suelto
hair down
las trenzas
braids
denunciarme
to turn me in
la trampa
trap
colgar el teléfono
to hang up the phone
infeliz
ignorant, fool
cogerle la mano en la puerta
to catch her hand in the door
rechazar
to reject
la mecedora
rocking chair
pegarle
to hit her
adoptado(a)
adopted
anticuado(a)
old-fashioned
la memoria
memory
tranquilo(a)
calm
asustarse (el susto)
to be frightened (fright)
cuidar(se)
to take care (of oneself)
el/la desaparecido(a)
person who has been "disappeared" or eliminated
el escándalo (armar escándalo)
(literally, "scandal") upheaval (to raise a big fuss)
flaco(a)
thin, skinny
gordo(a)
fat, heavy (also, a term of affection)
no tener (haber) remedio
to have no alternative
peligroso(a) (el peligro)
dangerous (danger)
sobrevivir
to survive
solidario(a)
steadfast, mutually responsible (e.g. a friend)
solitario(a)
single, alone
tener miedo (dar miedo)
to be afraid (make afraid)
castigar
to punish
el grito
cry, shout
la picana
electric shock treatment
el submarino
dunking, holding under water
el asado
barbecued meat
el/la cobarde
coward
lleno(a)
full
el/la perdedor(a)
loser
che
term of address used for a friend
el chiquitín, la chiquitina
little one, child
la macana
lie
el pibe (la piba)
kid, child
el subte
short for subterráneo, subway in Buenos Aires
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