UNIT 1: VOCABULARY

1) Early contemporary times

Break out: estallar Suffragettes: sufragistas

Strikes: Huelga Machinery: maquinaria

Vaccines: vacunas Workers: trabajadores

Wealthiest: ricos Steam engine: máquina de vapor

Tyranny: tiranía Enlightenment: ilustración

Fortress: fortaleza Loom: telar

Proletariat: proletariado Rights: derechos

2) The early 19th century in Spain

Empire: imperio Abdicate: abdicar

Disorder: desorden Army : armada

Confidence: confianza Abolish: abolir

Restore: restaurar Creoles: criollos

Colonies: colonias Gain: obtener

3) The 19th century in Spain: politics

Revolts: revueltas Military uprisings: levantamiento militar

Allow: permitir Regent: regente

Absolutist: absolutistas Liberals: liberales

Carlists: carlistas Isabellines: isabelinos

Parties: partidos (políticos) Progressive: progresistas

Exile: exilio Restore: restaurar

Republic: república Reign: reinado

Lead: liderar

4) The 19th century in Spain: Society

Late: tarde Industrialisation: industrialización

Society: sociedad Wealth: riqueza

Neighbourhoods: barrios Inequalities: desigualdades

illiterate: analfabeto Harsh: duro

Poverty: pobreza Exploitation: explotación

Peasants: campesinos Upper class: clase alta

Working class: clase trabajadora Modernisation: modernización

Romanticism: romanticismo Realism: realismo

Impressionism: impresionismo Portray: retratar

5) The world at a war

Colonise: colonizar

Rivalries: rivalidades

Alliances: alianzas