| A | B |
|---|
| personas | people |
| los antepasados | ancestors |
| 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 inmigrante | immigrant |
| el/la mestizo/a | mestizo (indigenous and European) |
| el/la mulato/a | mulatto (black and 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 |
| en busca de nuevos horizontes | in search of new opportunities (horizons) |
| la discriminación | discrimination |
| discriminar a alguien | to discriminate against someone |
| la emigración | emigration |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| hacer algo contra su voluntad | to do something against one’s will |
| hacerse ciudadano/a | to become a citizen |
| hacerse la América | to seek success in America |
| la inmigración | immigration |
| inmigrar | to immigrate |
| la libertad | freedom |
| el orgullo | pride |
| recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos | to receive someone with open arms |
| sentir nostalgia (por) | to be homesick; to feel nostalgic (about) |
| sentirse rechazado/a | to feel rejected |
| ser bilingüe/trilingüe/políglota | to be bilingual/trilingual/a polyglot |
| ser mano de obra barata | to be cheap 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/drive |
| tener prejuicios contra alguien | to be prejudiced against someone |
| tener título | to have an education/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 |
| a la hora de + infinitive | when the time comes + infinitive |
| a pesar de que | even though |
| por parte de (mi/tu/etc.) padre/madre | on (my/your/etc.) father’s/mother’s side |
| ¡Caray! | Geeze! |
| Fuiste de Guatemala a Guatepeor. | You went from bad to worse. |
| Lo pasaste bien/mal ¿eh? | You had a good/bad time right? |
| No te creo. | I don’t believe you. |
| No puede ser. | That can't be true. |
| ¡Qué cursi! | How tacky! |
| ¡Qué genial! | How great! |
| ¡Qué horror! | How terrible/horrible! |
| Te cayó bien/mal/ ¿eh? | You liked/disliked him/her right? |
