Bolivian Politics Spanish Phrases
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| Spanish | English | |
| Word(s) | algunas batallas | some battles |
| Phrase(s) | Tenemos también algunas batallas | We also have some battles |
| Word(s) | es muy cálido | it's very warm |
| Phrase(s) | es muy cálido. | is very warm. |
| Word(s) | es muy seco | it's very dry |
| Phrase(s) | Es muy…es muy seco | It’s very…it’s very dry |
| Word(s) | los soldados | the soldiers |
| Phrase(s) | Y todos los soldados | And all the soldiers |
| Word(s) | lugares muy fríos | very cold places |
| Phrase(s) | eran de lugares muy fríos. | Were from very cold places. |
| Word(s) | lo que más nos ayudó | what helped us most |
| Phrase(s) | Y lo que más nos ayudó, | And what most helped us, |
| Word(s) | ganar la guerra | to win the war |
| Phrase(s) | al poder ganar la guerra del Chaco, | to be able to win the Chaco War, |
| Word(s) | no estaban capacitados | they weren't trained/qualified |
| Phrase(s) | no estaban capacitados | Were not prepared (qualified) |
| Word(s) | soportar | to put up with |
| Phrase(s) | para soportar | to withstand |
| Word(s) | se deshidrataban | they got dehydrated |
| Phrase(s) | Ellos se deshidrataban | They became dehydrated |
| Word(s) | pruebas | trials |
| Phrase(s) | de las muchas…de las muchas pruebas | the many…the many trials |
| Word(s) | la economía | the economy |
| Phrase(s) | de cómo está la economía | of how the economy is (what’s the economy like) |
| Word(s) | la presidencia | the presidency |
| Phrase(s) | y cómo está la presidencia | and how the presidency is |
| Word(s) | mejorar | to improve |
| Phrase(s) | porque queremos mejorar a | because we want to improve |
| Word(s) | surgir | to come up |
| Phrase(s) | y que—que pueda un día surgir | and that—that one day it may arise |
| Word(s) | un país hermoso | a beautiful country |
| Phrase(s) | es un país hermoso. | is a beautiful country. |
| Word(s) | los gobernantes | the leaders / the rulers |
| Phrase(s) | Pero luego los gobernantes— | But then the leaders— |
| Word(s) | gobernar | to govern |
| Phrase(s) | porque tiene que gobernar | because he has to govern |
| Word(s) | ha sido electo | he has been elected |
| Phrase(s) | Evo Morales ha sido electo | Evo Morales has been elected |
| Word(s) | por segunda vez | for the second time |
| Phrase(s) | por segunda vez. | for the second time. |
| Word(s) | lamentablemente | unfortunately |
| Phrase(s) | Lamentablemente, | Unfortunately, |
| Pero lamentablemente, | But unfortunately, | |
| Word(s) | la población | the population |
| Phrase(s) | de la población | of the population |
| Word(s) | indígena | indigenous |
| Phrase(s) | es indígena | is indigenous |
| es un indígena. | is indigenous. | |
| un indígena | an indigenous person | |
| Word(s) | para aclarar | to clear up |
| Phrase(s) | Antes, para aclararles, | First (before), to clear things up, |
| Word(s) | el campo | the field |
| Phrase(s) | que vive en el campo | that lives in the country |
| Word(s) | económicamente | economically |
| Phrase(s) | No sólo el hecho económicamente, | Not only the fact economically |
| Word(s) | conocimiento intelectual | intellectual knowledge |
| Phrase(s) | de conocimiento intelectual | of intellectual knowledge |
| Word(s) | las responsabilidades | the responsibilities |
| Phrase(s) | las…las responsabilidades | the…the responsibilities |
| Word(s) | los tratados | the treaties |
| Phrase(s) | Él tiene que hacer los tratados | He has to make the treaties |
| Word(s) | los eventos | the events |
| Phrase(s) | los eventos. | the events. |
| Word(s) | las ventajas | the advantages |
| Phrase(s) | Cuáles son las ventajas | What are the advantages |
| Word(s) | exportar | to export |
| Phrase(s) | que tenemos para exportar | that we have to export |
| Word(s) | el estudio | the study |
| Phrase(s) | por el estudio | because of the study |
| Word(s) | por ejemplo | for example |
| Phrase(s) | Como, por ejemplo, | Like, for example, |
| Word(s) | aliados | allied / allies |
| Phrase(s) | muy aliados | very close |
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