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Capítulo 10 - La globalización y la tecnología - Vocabulario
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| A | B |
| la aldea global | global village |
| bajar las barreras de exportación | to lower export barriers |
| el bloque económico | economic block |
| el costo de vida | living expenses |
| el crecimiento económico | economic growth |
| el crédito bancario | bank credit |
| el desarrollo | development |
| el desempleo | unemployment |
| la deuda externa | foreign debt |
| integrar la economía | to integrate the economy |
| pagar las tarifas de importación | to pay import tariffs |
| el alza (fem) | boos in prices |
| el ámbito | field, precinct, domain, area |
| el aparato | set, machine, aparatus |
| el atraso | backwardness, delay |
| el aumento | increase |
| el/la autómata | robotlike, automaton |
| la bancarrota | bankruptcy |
| la cibernética | computer science |
| el código (telefónico, etc.) | code |
| la competencia | competition |
| el contestador automático | answering machine |
| el correo electrónico | electronic mail |
| los datos | data |
| el descuento | discount |
| la ganancia | earning |
| la impresora | printer |
| la llamada de cobro / cargo revertido | collect call |
| la llamada sin recargos | free call |
| la mano de obra | labor, laborer |
| el mercado | market |
| el mundo de la informática | computer science world |
| el ordenador | computer |
| las pérdidas | losses |
| la pobreza | poverty |
| el porcentaje | percentage |
| el préstamo | loan |
| el presupuesto | budget |
| el proteccionismo | protectionism |
| el reajuste | readjustment |
| la rebaja | rebate, discount |
| los recursos minerales / agrícolas | mineral / agricultural resources |
| la red / la red informática | the NET |
| la reducción | reduction |
| el rendimiento | yield, profit |
| el salario mínimo | minimum wage |
| el subdesarrollo | underdevelopment |
| la sucursal | branch, office |
| el tamaño | size |
| la tarifa | tariff |
| la tasa de interés | interest rate |
| el teléfono celular / móvil | cellular phone |
| la venta | sale |
| el viaje por el ciberespacio | surfing the net |
| afectar | to influence, affect |
| arreglar | to fix |
| aumentar | to increase |
| cobrar | to charge, to collect, to draw or to earn |
| descomponer | to break down |
| disminuir | diminish |
| funcionar | to function, to run, to work |
| invertir (ir) | to invest |
| lograr | to get, obtain |
| pedir un préstamo (i) | to request a loan |
| planificar | to plan |
| prever | to foresee |
| unir | to join |
| atrasado/a | behind |
| barato/a | cheap |
| beneficioso/a | beneficial |
| impredecible | unpredictable |
| asequible | accessible |
| dar un salto | to jump |
| girar en torno a | to revolve around |
| grabar | to record |
| hallazgo | discovery |
| imparable | unstoppable |
| ligero/a | light |
| la polilla | moth |
| proveedor/a | provider |
| el silicio | silicon |
| surgir | to arise, appear |
| tirar de | to pull |
| tornarse | to turn into |
| código de área | area code (A.L.) |
| marcar el número | dial the number |
| encontrar | to find, to meet |
| cargar | to carry, to load, to fill, to charge |
| cargo | burden, load, charge (in charge of), position, office |
| plazo | period, term |
| cuenta | calculation, bill, account |
| implicar | to involve |
| buena suerte / dicha | good luck |
| avispa | bee |
| adelante | advance |
| la inflación | inflation |
| la infraestructura | infrastructure |
| el satélite | satellite |
| el disquete | disk |
| avanzar | to advance, to move forward |
| facilitar | to facilitate, to provide, to supply |
| perdido/a | lost |
| perder | to lose, to miss, to waste |
| perdedor/a | loser |
| perderse | to get lost |
| durante | during |
| gobiernos | governments |
| atrás / detras | back, behind |
| atrasado/a | late, overdue, old-fashioned, slow (of a clock or watch) |
| abrir | to open, to uncover, to unfold, to clear |
| cerrar | to close |
| prever / anticipar | to foresee, to anticipar |
| inicial / mesnual | initial / monthly |
| la recesión económica | the economic recession |
| corriente | (adj) common, everyday; (noun) current |
| los precios | prices |
| la riqueza / la pobreza | wealth / poverty |
| privatización | privatization |
| el dato | fact, piece of infomration, |
| los datos | data, information |
| la sucursal | branch (of a business) |
| la ganancia | profit |
| advinar | to guess |
| siguientes | following |
| punto de vista | point of view |
| expresar | to express |
| dueno/a | owner, proprietor, landlord |
| débil / fuerte | weak / strong |
| ser tarde / llegar tarde / tardar | to be late / to arrive late / to take a lot of time |
| tardar | to take a lot of time |
| hábil (adj) / la habilidad (noun) | able, skillful / ability, skill |
| habitación / cuarto | room |
| buenísimo | very good! |
| mayor | bigger, larger, elder, beggest, largest, oldest; main, major |
| ya | already, yet |
| todavía, aún | still, yet |
| mensaje | message |
| el fax | fax |
| antes de ir a | Since coming to |
| pesado/a | heavy, slow, irritating, annoying, tedious, boring, tough, difficult |
| antojarse / apetecer | to be appealing, to be desirable, to seem, to appear |
| hoy | today, right now, now, nowadays |
| sin embargo | nevertheless |
| elegir | to choose, to select |
| colgar | to hang up (a telephone), to put up |
| colgarse | to hang, to be suspended |
| reírse | to laugh |
| ducharse | to shower |
| me he duchado | I have just showered. |
| pensar | to think |
| creer | to believe, to suppose, to think |
| el hecho de | in fact |
| hecho | fact, event |
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