Value of Money — Spanish Phrases
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| Spanish | English | |
| Word(s) | estábamos tan hambrientas | we were so starving |
| Phrase(s) | Me acuerdo que estábamos tan hambrientas porque… | I remember that we were so starving because… |
| Word(s) | en el avión | on the plane |
| Phrase(s) | en el avión la comida no estaba tan bien, | on the plane the food wasn´t so good, |
| Word(s) | yo estaba un poco enferma | I was a little sick |
| Phrase(s) | y yo estaba un poco enferma. | and I was a little sick. |
| Word(s) | la economía | the economy |
| Phrase(s) | de la economía de Bolivia. | a little about the economy of Bolivia. |
| Word(s) | un poco frustrante | a little frustrating |
| Phrase(s) | Exacto. Eso fue un poco frustrante para nosotras, | Exactly. That was a little frustrating for us, |
| Word(s) | comparar | to compare |
| Phrase(s) | Lo primero que hacíamos era comparar un dólar, | The first thing that we did was compare one dollar, |
| Word(s) | un país tercermundista | a third-world country |
| Phrase(s) | Bolivia es un país tercermundista. | Bolivia is a third world country. |
| Word(s) | riqueza mineral | mineral wealth |
| Phrase(s) | tiene mucha riqueza mineral, | it has a lot of mineral wealth, |
| Word(s) | lo más barato | the cheapest |
| Phrase(s) | no sabíamos, ah, buscar lo más barato. | we didn´t know how to, uh, look for the cheapest things. |
| Word(s) | la comida de caja | boxed food |
| Phrase(s) | la comida de caja, | the boxed food, |
| Word(s) | saber cocinar | to know how to cook |
| Phrase(s) | que hemos podido saber cocinar, | that we´ve been able to cook, |
| Word(s) | ahorrar | to save (money) |
| Phrase(s) | de poder ahorrar tanto en la comida | by being able to save so much on the food |
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