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el arancel
el arancel
tariff
el umbral
el umbral
threshold
el desarrollo sostenible
el desarrollo sostenible
sustainable development
la inanición
la inanición
starvation
la desnutrición
la desnutrición
malnutrition
la carencia
la carencia
scarcity
la carencia
la carencia
lack
empobrecer
empobrecer
to impoverish
el/la indigente
el/la indigente
poor person
el desplome
el desplome
collapse
la bala
la bala
bullet
el efecto invernadero
el efecto invernadero
greenhouse effect
en masa
en masa
en masse
proveer
proveer
to provide
promover
promover
to promote
asegurar
asegurar
to assure
el/la rescatista
el/la rescatista
rescuer
lidiar con
lidiar con
to cope with
lidiar con
lidiar con
to deal with
empeorar
to get worse
la gastronomía
cuisine
el reclamo
complaint
la guardería
daycare center
conllevar
to entail
tramitar
to apply for
tramitar
to process
el balance final
bottom line
a costa de
at the expense of
el patriotismo
patriotism
la productividad
productivity
el cabildeo
lobbying
el cabildero
lobbyist
la precariedad
precariousness
la oleada
surge
el paisaje
landscape
tergiversar
to distort
fuga de cerebros
brain drain
gratuito
free
el beneficiado
beneficiary
la capacitación
training
de ninguna manera
there's no way
es posible que
it's possible that
la espada
sword
el trasfondo
background
ajeno
foreign
me pregunto
I wonder
perpetuar
to perpetuate
la lluvia de ideas
brainstorm
complejo
complex
adquirir
to acquire
la titulación
qualifications
la tergiversación
distortion
quisiera
I would like
acaecer
to happen
carecer
to lack
recurrir
to turn to
procesar
to prosecute
perseguir
to persecute
el esfuerzo
effort
mediante
through
mediante
by means of
la vigilancia
surveillance
comparecer
to appear
el retraso
backwardness
reclamar
to claim
la fachada
facade
censar
to take a census of
acaso
perhaps
damnificar
to damage
la reparación
reparation
perpetrar
to perpetrate
regir
to govern
esquivar
to avoid
deslizar
to slide
insensibilizar
to desensitize
enraizado
deeply rooted
la aduana
customs
filtrar
to leak
volátil
volatile
la contabilidad
accounting
el/la accionista
shareholder
el activo
asset
la oferta
offer
la oferta
supply
las trabas
shackles
tener en cuenta que
to take into account that
la tarifa
tariff
el emprendimiento
undertaking
inaugurar
to formally open
el aerogenerador
wind turbine
eólico
wind
envejecer
to grow old
la deuda
debt
el malestar
discomfort
proyecto de ley
bill
la avaricia
greed
el panel solar
solar panel
simpático
nice
amable
kind
depender de
to depend on
la fianza
bail
el cultivo
crop
empoderar
to empower
asequible
affordable
la enmienda
amendment
el legado
legacy
si hubiera
if I had
sugerir
to suggest
me divertí
I enjoyed myself
el efecto secundario
side effect
equilibrar
to balance
la inteligencia artificial
artificial intelligence
la informática
information technology
también conocido como
also known as
aliviado
relieved
agraviar
to wrong
vacar
to fall vacant
la clase media
middle class
el agravio
grievance
derrocar
to overthrow
el resurgimiento
resurgence
la escasez
scarcity
merecer
to deserve
dar abasto
to be enough
caballito de batalla
old standby
soler
usually
diseñar
to design
nocivo
harmful
condescendiente
condescending
llevar a
to lead to
desproporcionado
disproportionate
el contrasentido
contradiction
impresionante
impressive
el desecho
garbage
la vida diaria
everyday life
deshacerse de
to get rid of
la expectativa
expectation
la convocatoria
call
convocar
to convene
la decadencia
decline
el rendimiento
performance
el alcance
scope
las apuestas
gambling
el anfitrión
host
salvo
except
el descalabro
disaster
cuestionar
to question
le dio risa
made him laugh
la herramienta
tool
desencadenar
to trigger
el peón
pawn
la caridad
charity
agradecer
to appreciate
la sigla
abbreviation
veraz
truthful
la pauta
norm
el eje
axis
impedir
to prevent
aportar
to contribute
la banda sonora
soundtrack
la trama
plot
patrocinado
sponsored
la alabanza
praise
en realidad
actually
recientemente
recently
actualmente
currently
el politólogo
political scientist
la prebenda
prerequisite
la comida chatarra
junk food
la minoría
minority
minoritario
minority
puntualizar
to point out
augurar
to predict
el auge
boom
hacer hincapié
to emphasize
acerca de
about
funcionar
to work
madrugar
to get up early
genial
great
necesitar
to need
estar
to be
la reunión
meeting
los saludos cordiales
kind regards
preparar
to prepare
el privilegio
privilege
la subjetividad
subjectivity
iniciar
to initiate
la razón
reason
subvencionar
to subsidize
descomunal
colossal
surgir
to arise
poner en marcha
to set in motion
relegar
to relegate
en marcha
underway
transcurrir
to go by
concebir
to conceive of
el marco
framework
al azar
at random
agobiar
to overwhelm
el presupuesto
budget
el agotamiento
depletion
agrícola
farming
el vertedero
garbage dump
el agua potable
drinking water
embotellar
to bottle
adecuado
appropriate
el mito
myth
enfrentar
to confront
caracterizar
to characterize
los gases de efecto invernadero
greenhouse gases
pyme
SME
la opción
choice
la cosecha
harvest
la tercerización
outsourcing
abogar
to advocate
a raíz de
as a result of
la dicotomía
dichotomy
el portafolio
portfolio
la globalización
globalization
recorrer
to travel around
difundir
to spread
la fragilidad
fragility
entrelazar
to intertwine
tener en cuenta
to take into account
el curul
seat
incurrir
to commit
la hazaña
feat
la bancarrota
bankruptcy
la etiqueta
label
el punto de control
checkpoint
hacer frente a
to tackle
el reo
inmate
el/la albañil
construction worker
desempeñar
to carry out
pretender
to intend
añadir
to add
antiguo
old
la travesía
crossing
la desigualdad
inequality
el/la migrante
migrant
apartado
remote
mostrar
to show
la tendencia
trend
del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho
easier said than done
paradójico
paradoxical
el flagelo
calamity
ONU
UN
bajos ingresos
low income
desafiar
to defy
desafiar
to challenge
el reto
challenge
entablar
to start
empezar
to start
comenzar
to start
desmesuradamente
disproportionately
la reestructuración
restructuring
la riqueza
wealth
poco a poco
gradually
el recurso natural
natural resource
el caudal
wealth
el saneamiento
compensation
el saneamiento
sanitation
el saneamiento
clean-up
el sindicato
labor union
el rastro
trace
el calzo
wedge
por supuesto
of course
entonces
then
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