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EL NORTE
Vocabulario de la película
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| cosechar | to harvest (here, coffee beans) |
| el pisto | slang for money - Guatemala |
| la finca | farm, coffee plantation |
| los braceros | workers, manual laborers |
| las armas | weapons |
| una reunión | a meeting (here, in secret) |
| el soborno | bribery |
| traicionar | to betray |
| el excusado | toilet |
| los caramelos | candy |
| los soldados | soldiers |
| el ejército | army |
| los tiros | gunshots |
| el machete | large knife, machete |
| colgar (o > ue) | to hang |
| agarrar | to seize, capture |
| degollar | to decapitate, behead |
| el ataúd | coffin, casket |
| el barranco | ravine, deep gully |
| el coyote | smuggler of human beings |
| la frontera | border between 2 countries |
| la zona de guerra | war zone |
| los consejos | advice |
| los ahorros | savings |
| ahorrar | to save money |
| la llanta desinflada | flat tire |
| extrañar el nido | to be homesick |
| volverse loco | to go crazy |
| la lana | slang for money - México |
| la Migra | U.S. immigration officials |
| los tubos de drenaje | sewer pipes |
| los gastos | expenses |
| las ratas | rats |
| gatear | to crawl on all 4's, like a cat |
| chicano | American-born Hispanic |
| pocho | slang for "chicano" |
| la fábrica | factory |
| planchar | to iron clothing |
| payaso | clown |
| orgulloso | proud |
| mesero | waiter in a restaurant |
| promover | to promote |
| Me promovieron. | They promoted me. |
| tener celos | to be jealous |
| el jefe | boss, foreman |
| la curandera | native healer |
| denunciar | to report someone to the authorities |
| desmayarse | to faint |
| ronchas | a skin rash |
| el tifus | tyhpus, a deadly disease |
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