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| contratista | a Spanish word that means "contractor," a person who agrees to work for someone else in exchange for money |
| bracero | a spanish word for a farm worker from Mexico |
| taquitos | a Spanish word for flat corn or flour pancakes (tortillas) filled with slow-cooked ground meat or vegetables and then fried |
| sin verguenza | a Spanish phrase that means "scoundrel" |
| huerquito | a Spanish word that adults use to address children. It means little one or silly one. |
| dignity | a sense of self, pride, and honor |
| swaggered | walked in a bold, proud way |
| concentrate | pay attention and keep focused |
| sharecropper | A tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops raised to the landlord instead of rent |
| barrack | a large, plain, often temporary building for housing |
