| A | B |
|---|
| armas | weapons |
| arrestado | arrested |
| asesinado | murdered |
| el avance | pre-payment / the advance |
| el banco | the bank |
| calabozo | dungeon |
| campesino | country person / farmer |
| capturar | to capture |
| la cárcel | jail |
| cargo | loading / burdon / weight |
| la celda | the (prison) cell |
| la censura | censure / censorship |
| el choque | collision / crash / shock / impact |
| ciudadano | (noun) citizen / (adj.) of the city |
| la comisería | police station |
| conducir | to drive (used in Spain) |
| la constitución | constitution |
| derechos humanos | human rights |
| la detención | the arrest / the detention |
| encarcelado | jailed |
| la enmienda | commandership |
| estatal | of the state |
| el estereotipo | stereotype |
| exiliado | exiled |
| frontera | the border |
| las fuerzas militares | military forces / armed forces |
| el gobierno | the government |
| el golpe de estado | coup d'etat (overthrow of government) |
| la guardia | police force |
| la guerra | war |
| la inflación | inflation |
| el investigador | investigator |
| el jefe | the boss |
| el juez | the judge |
| liberal | liberal |
| la libertad | freedom / liberty |
| libre | free (as in "set free") |
| el mandado | the command / the order |
| marchar | to run / to progress / to go away / to march |
| militar | military |
| los militares | military personnel / officers |
| el motín | mob / mutiny / riot / uprising |
| la multa | the fine (as in a "traffic fine") |
| el mundo | the world |
| la nación | the nation |
| las noticias | news |
| la opción | option |
| el ordenador | chief / auditor / computer |
| el país | the country (as in Spain, USA, etc.) |
| el palacio | palace |
| el peatón / los peatones | pedestrian (s) |
| la población | the population |
| el poder | the power |
| poderoso | powerful |
| el policía | policeman |
| la policía | police department |
| el presidio | prison |
| el preso | prisoner |
| la prisión | prison |
| el prisionero | prisoner |
| privado | private / forbidden |
| el, la rebelde | the rebel |
| la reforma | the reform |
| el régimen | regime / rule / system of government |
| rendirse | to surrender |
| el reportero | reporter / journalist |
| la represalia | reprisal |
| la reunión | meeting / reunion |
| la revista | magazine |
| el robo | the robbery / theft |
| rodear | to surround |
| tecnológico | technological |
| el testigo | the witness |
| la traición | treason / treachery |
| el tribunal | court of justice / board / tribunal |
| la prensa | the press / news media |
