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SDR1 L5 Calle 13-Latinoamérica

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Latinoamérica
Latin America
un pueblo
a town, a people
una fábrica
a factory
humo
smoke, fumes
mano de obra
workforce, manual labor
campesino, campesina
peasant, farmer, agricultural laborer
el desarollo
development, growth
la espina dorsal
spine, backbone
la patria
homeland, mother country, fatherland
dolores
pains
un desierto
a desert
embriagado/borracho
intoxicated/drunk
Un trago de pulque para cantar con los coyotes
a drink of pulque to sing with the coyotes
una viña
vineyard, vine
Los versos escritos bajo la noche estrellada
The verses written under the starry night
los santos que cuelgan de mi cuello
the saints that hang from my neck
un cañaveral
reed bed / sugar cane plantation
el mar Caribe
Caribbean Sea
Haciendo rituales de agua bendita
doing rituals with holy water
el jugo
juice
trabajo bruto
manual / hard labor
con orgullo
with pride
lo mío es tuyo
what is mine is yours
compartir, se comparte
to share, is shared
derrumbarse
to collapse, to crumble, fall down
reconstruir, "lo reconstruyo"
to rebuild, "I rebuild it"
pestaña
eyelash
pestañear
to blink
Se respira lucha
'Struggle is in the air' (we breathe struggle)
estar de pie
to be standing
la altura
altitude
sofocar
to suffocate (choke, smother)
el abono
fertilizer, manure
Vamos caminando
Let's go walking / We're going walking
No puedes comprar mi vida
You cannot buy my life
hojas
leaves
El viento que peina mi cabello
the wind that combs my hair
las noches estrelladas
the starry nights
las muelas/los dientes
teeth
anotar un gol
to score a goal
los lagos
lakes
los ríos
rivers
mis pulmones
my lungs
una canasta de frijoles
a basket of beans
un discurso político
a political speech
un desaparecido
disappeared, missing (person)
las caras
faces
La sangre dentro de tus venas
the blood in your veins
vale la pena
it is worth it
yo canto porque se escucha
I sing because you listen (it is listened to)
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author, Won the Nobel Prize.
El amor en los tiempos del cólera
"Love in the time of Cholera" Name of novel by Gabriel García Marquez
Macchu Picchu (Perú)
a fortified Inca town in the Andes Mountains in Peru that the invading Spaniards never found, rediscovered in 20th century, perched high on a steep-sided ridge, UNESCO world heritage site
Operación Cóndor
A campaign supported by the US government's CIA as part of the Cold War and by right-wing military dictatorships in the Southern Cone (primarily Chile and Argentina) to repress left-wing political opposition through intelligence, arrests, "disappearances," and assassinations.
Maradona contra Inglaterra
refers to Maradona's scoring two goals in 1986 World Cup against England (one best goal of all time, one 'hand of God') allowing Argentina to defeat England 2-1 and claim symbolic revenge for having been beaten by England in 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War
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