1
Q
Acoger
A
To take in
2
Q
Aportar
A
To contribute
3
Q
Arriesgarse
A
To risk (oneself)
4
Q
El asilo político
A
Political asylum
5
Q
El auge
A
Boom
6
Q
Buscar
A
To look for
7
Q
Denunciar
A
To report
8
Q
Los derechos humanos
A
Human rights
9
Q
A la deriva
A
Adrift
10
Q
El derrumbe
A
Collapse
11
Q
Despilfarrar
A
To waste
12
Q
La embarcación
A
Boat
13
Q
Empujar
A
To push
14
Q
Enriquecer
A
To enrich
15
Q
La escazez
A
Lack
16
Q
Escoger
A
To choose
17
Q
La esperanza
A
Hope
18
Q
El extranjero
A
Foreigner
19
Q
La fuga de cerebros
A
Brain drain
20
Q
Ganarse la vida
A
To earn a living
21
Q
Hacer falta
A
To need
22
Q
Hallar
A
To find
23
Q
La hostelería
A
Hospitality sector
24
Q
La igualdad
A
Equality
25
El inmigrante irregular
Illegal immigrant
26
Jubilarse
To retire
27
La mano de obra
Workforce
28
Mantener a
To provide for
29
Marcharse
To leave
30
El mercado sumergido
Black market
31
Padecer
To suffer
32
Pagar impuestos
To pay taxes
33
Un país receptor
Host country
34
La patera
Boat used by immigrants
35
El permiso de trabajo / de residencia
Work permit / residency permit
36
Poner rumbo a
To head to
37
El/la portavoz
Spokesperson
38
Procedente de
Coming from
39
Quitar
To take away
40
Realizar
To carry out
41
Refugiarse
To take refuge
42
Refugiado/a
Refugee
43
Regresar
To return
44
Rescatar
To rescue
45
La seguridad social
Social security
46
Sobrevivir
To survive
47
La tasa de natalidad
Birth rate
48
Trasladarse
To relocate / move
49
La valla
Wall / border
50
A pesar de
Despite
51
Acabar de
To have just (done something)
52
Agradecer
To show gratitude for
53
Alimentar
To feed
54
Anhelar
To yearn
55
La ascendencia
Ancestry
56
La calidad de vida
Quality of life
57
Cambiar
To change
58
El censo
Census
59
La ciudadanía
Citizenship
60
Las colonias
Colonies
61
Compartir
To share
62
Convivir
To live with
63
Crecer
To grow up
64
Dejar
To leave
65
El destino
Destination
66
Difundir
To spread
67
Dirigir
To head
68
La estabilidad
Stability
69
Estallar
To break out
70
La falta de
Lack of
71
La formación
Training
72
Ganar
To earn
73
La guerrilla
War
74
El hambre
Hunger
75
Huir
To flee
76
Incrementar
To increase
77
Los lazos con
Links with
78
La libertad
Freedom
79
Llegar a fin de mes
To make ends meet
80
Luchar
To fight
81
Mejorar
To improve
82
El mundo hispánico
Spanish speaking world
83
Nacer
To be born
84
La oleada de
Wave / surge / flood of
85
Permanecer
To stay
86
Probar suerte
To try your luck
87
El puesto
Post / position
88
Reforzar
To strengthen / to reinforce
89
Residir
To live
90
Retornar
To return
91
La revolución castrista
The Castro revolution
92
La riqueza
Wealth
93
Salvar
To save
94
Seguir
To carry on / to follow
95
Señalar
To highlight
96
La Unión Europea
European Union
97
Viajar
To travel
98
Acampar
To camp out
99
Acoger
To accept / to embrace
100
Adentrar
To go deep into
101
Ahogarse
To drown
102
Apresar
To arrest
103
El arraigo
Support
104
El arribo
Arrival
105
El asesoramiento jurídico
Legal advice
106
Autóctono
Native
107
Auxiliar
To help
108
Buscar
To look for
109
Caer
To fall
110
El Centro de asistencia
Refuge centre
111
Conseguir
To get
112
El contrabandista
Smuggler
113
Cruzar
To cross
114
Cuidar
To look after
115
Deportar
To deport
116
Los derechos
Rights
117
Descubrir
To discover
118
Detener
To arrest
119
Empadronar
To register
120
Encabezar
To head / to lead
121
El estrecho
The Straits (of Gibraltar)
122
Evadir
To avoid
123
Fallecer
To die
124
Firmar
To sign
125
El funcionario
Civil servant
126
Golpear
To hit
127
Gritar
To shout
128
El herido
Injured person
129
Hundir
To sink
130
La igualdad
Equality
131
Los indocumentados
Immigrants without any documents / papers /// Illegal immigrants
132
Ingresar
To enter
133
Invertir
To invest
134
Lograr
To achieve
135
No obstante
Nevertheless
136
Occidental
Western
137
Pagar
To pay
138
La población autóctona
The native population
139
La pobreza
Poverty
140
La política
Policy / politics
141
Poner en marcha
To start / to set in motion
142
La prensa
The Press
143
El producto interior bruto
GDP
144
Recurrir
To resort to
145
Regularizar
To legalise
146
Las remesas
Remittances (money)
147
El riesgo
Risk
148
El sobreviviente
Survivor
149
Sospechoso
Suspicious
150
La tasa de
The rate of
151
Tocar tierra
To land
152
El traficante
Trafficker
153
Tramitar
To process (paperwork)
154
Transportar
To carry
155
Trasladar
To move
156
El trato
Treatment / agreement
157
La travesía / el trayecto
Journey
158
El umbral
Threshold
159
Unirse
To get together
160
Caber
To fit
161
Valer
To be worth
