| A | B |
|---|
| el / la bisabuelo/a | great grandfather / grandmother |
| el / la descendiente | descendant |
| el / la emigrante | emigrant |
| el / la esclavo/a | slave |
| el / la extranjero/a | foreigner |
| el / la mestizo/a | mestizo (indenous & european) |
| el / la mulato/a | mulatto (black & european) |
| el / la pariente lejano/a | distant relative |
| el / la refugiado/a político/a | political refugee |
| el / la residente | resident |
| el / la tatarabuelo/a | great, great grandfather / grandmother |
| la ascendencia | ancestry |
| buscar nuevos horizontes | to look for new horizons |
| la discriminación | discrimination |
| discriminar a alguien | to discriminate against someone |
| emigrar, la emigración | to emigrate, emigration |
| el extranjero | abroad |
| hacer algo contra su voluntad | to do something against your will |
| hacerse ciudadano/a | to become a citizen |
| hacerse la América | to seek success in America |
| inmigrar; la inmigración | immigration |
| la libertad | liberty |
| el orgullo | pride |
| recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos | to receive someone with open arms |
| sentir nostalgia | to be homesick; to feel nostalgic (about) |
| sentrise rechazado/a | to feel rejected |
| ser bilingüe / trilingüe / poliglota | to be bilingual / trilingual / a polyglot |
| ser mano de obra barata / gratis | to be cheap / free labor |
| ser oriundo/a de (ciudad o país) | to be originally from(+ city or country) |
| ser una persona de pocos recursos | to be a low-income person |
| ser una persona preparada | to have an education |
| tener incentivos | to have incentives |
| tener iniciativa | to have initiative |
| tener prejuicios contra alguien | to be prejudiced against someone |
| tener título | to have an education to have a degree |
| tener un futuro incierto | to have an uncertain future |
| acabar / terminar | to run out (of) |
| caer | to fall |
| descomponer | to break down |
| olvidar | to forget |
| perder | to lose |
| quedar | to leave behind |
| quemar | to burn |
| romper | to break (to pieces) |
