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a - to, at abajo - below(se) acerca a - s/he ap-

proaches; youapproach

adelante - forwardagarró - s/he, you grabbedahora - now al - to thealgo - somethingama - s/he loves amargado - bitter año(s) - year(s) apellido(s) - last name(s)aquí - here así - like this; this wayatrás - behind ayer - yesterday bajaba - s/he, I was going

down, descending; youwere going down, des-cending

bajaron - they went down;descended

bájate - get down

bájense - (you pl.) get down bajo - short bajó - s/he, you went down;

descended baño - bathroom bien - well; fine blanco(a) - whiteblancos(as) - whitesbueno(a) - goodbuenos(as) - good buscador (de talento) - (tal-

ent) scout calle - street cambiaron - they changed cambió - s/he, you changedcampo - field casa(s) - house(s)casi - almostchico(s) - boy(s)chica(s) - girl(s) ciudad - citycomer - to eatcomerlos(las) - to eat themcomida - foodcomieron - they ate

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comió - s/he, you atecomo - like; as; since comprar - to buy comprarles - to buy for

them compraron - they boughtcompró - s/he, you boughtcon - withcuando - when cuatro - fourcuidad - citycumplió - s/he, you fulfilledde - from; of; aboutdecía - s/he, I was saying,

telling; you weresaying, telling

decir - to say; telldel - from the; of the delantera - front, forwarddeporte(s) - sport(s) deportivas - athletic, sport

(subjunctive)después - after detrás - behind dijo - s/he, you said; told dinero - money (le) dio - s/he, you gave (to

him, her)

domingo - Sunday dónde - where dos - two durante - duringe - andel - theél - heellos - theyentendía - s/he, I, you

understoodentendió - s/he, you

understood entonces - then entre - between equipo(s) - team(s)era - s/he, I was; you were;

it was eran - they were eres - you are es - s/he is; you are; it is escenario - stageescogido - chosenescuela(s) - school(s) eso - that; that oneespañol(a) - Spanish esperaba - s/he, you, I was

waiting; hopingese - that

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esperaban - they were wait-ing; hoping

esperando - waiting; hoping esperar - to wait; to hope esperaron - they waited;

hoped esperó - s/he, you waited

for; hopedesta(e) - this está - s/he is; you are; it is estaba - s/he, I was; you

were; it was estaban - they wereestán - they areestar - to beestos - theseestoy - I amestuve - I wasestuvo - s/he was; you were(tener) éxito - to have suc-

cess; [to be successful]exitoso(a) - successful exitosos(as) - successful fe - faith feliz - happy felices) - happy (pl.)fila - line firmar - to sign

firmaron - they signedfirmó - s/he, you signedfue - s/he, you went, was; it

went, was (que) fuera - (that) s/he, I,

you go (subjunctive)(que) fuera - (that) s/he, I,

you be (subjunctive)(que) fueran - (that) they go

(subjunctive)(que) fueran - (that) they be

(subjunctive)fueron - they, you (pl.) went;

weregana - s/he wins; you win ganaba - s/he, I was win-

ning; you were win-ning

ganar - to winganaron - they won ganó - s/he, you won gente - peoplegracias - thank you gran - great grande(s) - big gritaban - they were yelling gritándole - yelling at himgritaron - they yelled

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gritó - s/he, you yelledgritos - shouts; cheers (sub-

junctive)había - there was; there

werehabía - s/he, you had + past

participle (past perfect)había jugado - s/he, you had

played había sufrido - s/he, you had

sufferedhabía regresado - s/he, you

had regressed; returnedhabía comenzado - s/he,

you had commenced;started

habían vivido - they hadlived

habitación(es) - room(s) habla - s/he talks, speaks;

you talk speakhablaba - s/he, I was

speaking, talking; youwere speaking, talking

hablaban - they were speaking; talking

hablar - to speak; talk

(que) hablara - (that) s/he, I,you speak

(que) hablaran - (that) theyspeak (subjunctive)

hablaste - you spoke; talked hablé - I spoke; talkedhabló - s/he, you spoke; tal-

kedhacen - they make; dohacer - to make; do hacia - towardhacía - s/he, I, you made;

didhaciendo - making; doing (tenía) hambre - (s/he, I had)

hunger; was hungry hasta - until hay - there is/there arehermano(s) - brother(s);

brothers and sistershicieron - they made; did hijo(s) - child(ren)hombre - manhora(s) - hour(s)iba - s/he, I was going; you

were goingiban - they were goinginglés - English

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intentó - s/he, you intended;tried

ir - to gojuego(s) - game(s)(que) juegues - (that) you

play jugaba - s/he, I was playing;

you were playingjugaban - they were playing (había) jugado - (s/he had)

played jugador(es) - player(s) jugando - playing jugar - to playjugó - s/he, you played la - her; it; the lanzador - pitcher; throwerlanzamiento - pitch (noun);

throw (subjunctive)lanzar - to pitch; to throwlanzó - s/he, you pitched;

s/he, you threwlas - theley(es) - law(s)(se) llama - s/he calls

him/herself; [his/hername is]

llama - s/he calls; you call

(se) llamaba - s/he calledhim/herself; [his/hername was]

llamaba - s/he, you called llamaban - they were calling llamando - calling llamaron - they called llamó - s/he, you calledllegar - to arrivellegaron - they arrived llegó - s/he, you arrived llevaban - they were taking;

carrying llevando - taking; carrying llevar - to take; carrylo - him; itlo que - what; that whichlos - them; themadera - woodmadre - mothermalas - badmaleta(s) - suitcase(s) manera - waymar - sea más - more mayor - older; majormenores - minors; younger menos - less

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mentira - lie meses - monthsmientras - while mismo(a) - samemoverse - to move se movió - s/he movedmuerte - deathmuy - very nada - nothing nadie - no onenegro(a)(s) - black(s) ni - neither; nor ningún(o)(a) - not any; not

oneniño(s) - child(ren)nombre - name nuestros - our nueve - ninenuevo(a)(s) - newolía - s/he, it smelled olían - they smelledolió - s/he, it smelled olor - odor; scent orgullo(s) - pride orgulloso(s) - proudoro - gold padre(s) - father (parents) palabra(s) - word(s)

para - for paraba - s/he, I was

standing; you werestanding

parándose - was standing paró - s/he was standing;

you were standing;s/he, it stopped

pelota - ballpelotero(s) - ball playerperejil - parsley pero - butpiso(s) - floor(s) playas - beachespobreza - poverty un poco - a littlepocos - fewpodemos - we can; are ablepodía - s/he, I, you could;

s/he, I was able; youwere able

podían - they, you (pl.)could; were able

podrás - you will be able to podría - s/he, I, you would

be able topor - for; by; through por favor - please

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por fin - finally por qué - whyporque - becausepreguntó - s/he, you askedpremios - prizesprimero(a)(s) - first pueden - they canpuedes - you canpuedo - I canpunto - pointque - that(lo) que - what qué - what queremos - we want quería - s/he, I, you wanted querían - they wanted querido - beloved; lovedquiere - s/he wants; you

wantquieren - they wantquieres - you wantquiero - I wantrecibe - s/he receives(que) recibieran - (that) they

receiveregresaba - s/he, I was

returning; you were returning

(había) regresado - (s/he, I,you) had returned

regresar - to return regresaron - they returnedregreso - return regresó - s/he, you returnedrey - king rojas - redsalía - s/he, I was leaving;

you were leavingsalían - they were leaving(había) salido - (s/he, I, you

had) leftsalieron - they left salió - s/he, you leftsalir - to leavesanto y seña - shibboleth: a

code or sign to distin-guish one group fromanother

segundo(a) - second seis - six señor - mister, Mr.se sentaba - s/he was sitting;

you were sitting se sentaban - they were sit-

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(que) se sentara - (that) s/he,I, you sit

se sentaron - they sat sentarse - to sit down se sentía - s/he was feeling;

you were feeling se sentían - they were

feeling se sentó - s/he satser - to be sería - s/he, I, you would be;

it would besi - if sí - yeslo siento - I’m sorrysiguiente - followingsin - withoutse sintió - s/he felt sobre - aboutsolamente - onlysólo - although the Acade-

mia Real no longeruses an accent on sólowhen it carries

the meaning “only”, the ac-cent is used in thisnovel to aid compre-hension

solo(a)(s) - alone; onlysombrero - hat son - they are su(s) - his; her; their se subía - s/he, you got in,

on; s/he you went up (había) subido - (s/he, you

had) gotten in, on;gone up

se subieron - they got in, on;went up

se subió - s/he got in, on;went up

también - also; too tampoco -eithertan - sotanto(a) - as much temporadas - seasonstendrá - s/he, you will havetenemos - we have tener - to havetenía - s/he, I, you hadtenían - they had ti - you tienda(s) - store(s) tiene - s/he has; you havetienen - they havetienes - you have

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todavía - stilltodo(a)(s) - all; everything;

everyone trabaja - s/he works; you

worktrabajando - workingtrabajar - to work trabajo - jobtraje(s) - suit(s)trasera - rear tres - threetú - youtuve - I had tuvieron - they had tuvo - s/he had última - lastúnico - onlyuno(a)(s) - one; some va - s/he goes; you govamos - we govas - you go a veces - sometimesveces - timesvez - time vida(s) - life(lives)(que) vivan - (that) they live

(subjunctive)

vivía - s/he, I was living; you were living

vivían - they were livingvivió - they lived(había) vivido - (s/he, I, you

had) livedviviendo - living (que) vivieran - (that) they

live (subjunctive)vivir - to livevoz - voicey - and ya - alreadyya no - no longer; not any

moreyo - I

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abandonar - to abandon(que) abandonara - (that)

s/he, I, youabandon(subjunctive)

abandonarlo - to abandonhim, it

abruptamente - abruptly absoluta - absoluteabusaba - s/he, I, you

abused accidentalmente -

accidentallyaccidente - accidentaceptable - acceptable acostumbrarme - to become

accustomed to actitudes - attitudesactos - acts adaptarse - to adapt admiraron - they admired aeropuerto - airport (que) afectara - (that) it

affectafectaron - they affected afectó - it affected

afroamericanos - African-Americans

agente(s) - agent(s)americano(a)(s) - Ameri-

can(s)anunciador- announcer apartamento - apartmentapreció - s/he, it, you

appreciated área(s) - area(s)armados - armed arrogancia - arrogance asesinaban - they were

assassinating asesinaron - they

assassinatedasesinato - assassination;

murder (que) asesinen - (that) they

assassinate; murder asistente - assistant atención - attentionatleta(s) - athletes atlético - athletic; athlete

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Cognadosatletismo - track and field;

athleticismatrocidades - atrocities autobús - bus bateaba - s/he, I was batting;

you were battingbateaban - they were battingbateador- batterbateando - batting batear - to batbebé - babybéisbol - baseballbeisbolista(s) - baseball

players benefició - s/he, you

benefittedbloqueó - s/he, you blockedcampeonato(s) -

championshipscapacidad - capacitycapital - capital carácter - character característica - characteris-

tic(mar) caribe - CaribbeanSea carisma - charisma carpintero - carpenter carrera(s) - races

carro(s) - carscaso - casecausaría - s/he, I, you, it

would cause celebraba - s/he, I was cele-

brating; you were cele-brating

celebraron - they celebratedcelebró - s/he, you celebra-

ted centroamericanos - Central

Americans ciclo - cycle circular - circular circunstancias - circum-

stances clientes - clients clínicas - clinics colegial - collegiate combatió - s/he combattedcomentó - s/he commented (había) comenzado - s/he, I,

you had begun; com-menced

comenzar - to begin; com-mence

comenzó - s/he, you began;commenced

cometió - s/he committedcomisión - commissioncompañero(s) - companionscompasión - compassioncompetir - to compete completa - completecompletamente - complete-

lycomprender - to under-

stand; to comprehendcomprendió - s/he, you

understood comprendo - I understand comunes - commoncomunicarse - to communi-

catecomunidad - community(que) concentrara - (that)

s/he, I, you concentrateconcentrarse - to concen-

trate concentró - s/he, you con-

centrated condición(es) - conditionsconfianza - confidence conflicto - conflictconfuso - confusedconmoción - commotion

consecuencias - consequen-ces

considerar - to consider consideraron - they

consideredconstrucción - constructionconstruyó - s/he, you

constructed; built contemplando -

contemplatingcontento(s) - content continuar - to continue continuaron - they

continuedcontinuo - I continue continuó - s/he, you

continued contratarlo - to contract

him; to hire himcontrataron - they

contracted; they hired contrato - contract controlaba - s/he, I was con-

trolling; you were con-trolling

convencerlo - to convincehim

convincentes - convincing

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(se) convirtió - s/he, youconverted; became

correcto - correctcorregir - to correct corruptos - corrupt costa - coastcostumbre - custom crac - crack criollo - creole cruel - cruelcruelmente - cruellychofer - chaufferdecidieron - they decideddecidió - s/he, you decideddecir - to say; to telldecisión - decision declaró - s/he, you declared dedicaban - they dedicateddedicación - dedication dedicado(s) - dedicated (que) dedicaran - (that) they

dedicatededicarse - to dedícate one-

selfdedicó - s/he, you dedicated definitivamente - definitelydelegación - delegation deliberación - deliberation

delicioso - deliciousdemocracia - democracy deplorable - deplorable deporte(s) - sport(s) deportivas - sporty desafortunadamente - un-

fortunatelydesesperación - desperation,

despairdesgracia - disgrace designado(a)(s) - designateddesilusión - disillusiondesilusionado - disillusioneddestino - destinydeterminación - determina-

tion detestaba - s/he, I, you de-

testeddetestable - detestabledevastado - devastateddevastó - s/he, you, it

devastateddictador - dictatordictadura - dictatorship diferencia - difference diferente - different difícil - difficult diligentes - dilligent

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director - director disco - disk discriminación - discrimina-

tion discriminatorias - discrimi-

natory disgustado - disgusteddistinguir - to distinguish distracciones - distractionsdistrito - district doctor - doctor dominicano(s) - Domini-

can(s)duración - duration durante - during economía - economy económico - economicaleducación - educationefecto - effect ejercicio - exerciseelegante(s) - elegant eliminar - to eliminate eliminarlo - to eliminate it;

him eliminarlos - to eliminate

them (que) eliminen - (that) they

eliminate

elimínenlos - eliminate them emocionado- exciteden - in encontraron - they found;

encountered; metencontrarse -to encounter;

to meet encontró - s/he, you found;

encountered; met energía - energyenorme - enormous entraba - s/he, I was

entering; you were entering

entrada(s) - entrance(s) entrar - to enter (que) entrara - (that) s/he, I,

you enterentraron - they entered entre - among; betweenentrenador(es) - coach(es);

trainer(s) entrenamiento - trainingentrenar - to trainentrevista - interview entró - s/he, you enteredentusiasmo - enthusiasmerror - error

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es - s/he, it is; you are escenario - stage espacios - spaces especial - special especialmente - especiallyespectacular - spectacularespíritu - spiritestable - stable estableció - s/he, you

established estación - station estadio - stadiumestados - statesestimados - esteemedestrés - stressestudiante - student estudios - studies eternas - eternaleternidad - eternityevidencia - evidenceevidente - evidentexactamente - exactly excediendo - exceedingexcelente - excellentexcepción - exception exclamó - s/he, you

exclaimedexclusivamente - exclusively

(que) exista - (that) s/he, itexists

existía - s/he, I, you existedexistían - they existedexpectativa(s) - expectationsexperiencia - experienceexperto(s) - expert(s)explicó - s/he, you

explainedexpulsar - to expel expulsó - s/he, you expelledextraordinario(a) - extraor-

dinaryextrema - extremefamilia - family familiar(es) - family; familiar famoso(a)(s) - famous fanático(s) - fansfantástico - fantastic fatiga - fatigue (por) favor - pleasefavorable - favorable fe - faith fenomenal - phenomenal(por) fin - finally final - final; endfinancieros - financial firme - firm

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firmemente - firmly

firmó - s/he, you signed

forma - form; s/he, it forms;

you form

formar - to form

formaron - they formed

fortuna - fortune

frecuentemente - frequently

frente - front; forehead

frutas - fruits

furia - fury

furioso(s) - furious

futuro - future

garaje - garage

general - general

gigante(s) - giant(s)

grado - grade

(se) graduó - s/he, you

graduated

habilidad(es) - ability(ies)

habitación(es) - room(s)

haitiano(s) - Haitians

hamburguesa(s) -hamburgers

historia - history; story

histórico - historical

honor - honor

hora(s) - hour(s)

horrible(s) - horrible

hospitales - hospitals

hotel(es) - hotel(s)

idea - idea

ignorar - to ignore

ignoró - s/he, you ignored

imaginaba - s/he, I imagined

imaginables - imaginable

impaciencia - impatience

impacto - impact

impecable - impeccable

implicación(es) - implica-

tions

(le) importó - it was impor-

tant, mattered (to him)

importante(s) - important

impresionados - impressed

impresionando - impressing

impresionante(s) - impres-

sive

impresionó - s/he, you im-

pressed

incapacidad - incapability

incluso - including

incorrectamente -incorrectly

incorrecto - incorrect

increíble - incredible

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indicación - indignation ingeniosa - ingeniousinglés - English inocente(s) - innocentinsistían - they insistedinsistió - s/he, you insisted instante - instantinstructor - instructorintacta - intact integral - integral integridad - integrityinteligencia - intelligence inteligente - intelligent intensamente - intenselyintentó - s/he, you intended;

triedinterceptaron - they inter-

cepted internacional(es) - interna-

tional ir - to go ironía - ironyirresistible - irresistible irritado - irritated isla - island jabalina - javelin jardín - gardenjesucristo - Jesus Christ

jonrón - home runkilómetro(s) - kilometers latino(a) - Latino latinos(as) - Latinslatinoamérica - Latin

Americalatinoamericano - Latin

American legado - legacy legislación - legislation legítima - legitimateleones - lionslíder - leader liga(s) - leagueslista - list machetes - machetesmánager - managermanera - manner; way mantenían - they

maintainedmar Caribe - the Caribbean

seamaravilla - marvel; wondermarzo - March masacre - massacremayo - May mayor - major medalla - medal

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médicos - doctorsmenores - minors menos - minus; less mi(s) - my militar(es) - militaryminuto(s) - minutes modesto - modest momento - momentmontañas - mountainsmoverse - to move (oneself) movimiento - movementmovió - s/he, it, you moved mucho(a)(s) - a lotmuchísimo - very much; a

whole lotnación(es) - nations nacional - nationalnegativo - negative negro(a)(s) -Black(s)nervioso(s) - nervous ni - neither; nor no - nonormalmente - normally

notaba - s/he, I, you noti-ced; noted

notaban - they noticed;noted

notable(s) - notable (que) notara - (that) s/he, I,

you notice; notenotaron - they noticed;

notednotó - s/he, you noticed noviembre - novembero - or observaban - they were ob-

servingobservando - observing observar - to observeobservaron - they observed observó - s/he, you

observedobstáculo(s) - obstacle(s)obtener - to obtainobvio - obvious ocasiones - occasionsocurriendo - occurring oficial(es) - official(s) oficina - officeolor - odor; smell opciones - options (¿qué opinaría?) - (what)

would s/he think?; whatwould his/her opinionbe?

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opinión - opinionoportunidad - opportunity oposición - oppositionopresión - oppression opresivo - oppressive órden - orderordenó - s/he, you ordered ordinario - ordinary organizó - s/he, you

organized origen - origin otro(a)(s) - othersotra (vez) - again paciencia - patiencepacífico - Pacific panamericanos - Pan Ameri-

can paraíso - paradiseparte(s) - partsparticipación - participation participar - to participate (que) participe - (that) s/he,

I, you participateparticular - particular pasado - past(había) pasado -

(it had) happened

pasamos - we passpasando - passing;

happeningpasaron - they passedpasó - s/he, it, you passed(Qué) pasó - (What)

happened perfecto(a) - perfectperfectamente - perfectly(se) permite - it is permitted;

allowedpermitían - they permitted;

allowed(que) permitieran - (that)

they allow permitió - s/he, you permit-

ted; allowed permitir - to permit; allow permitiría - s/he, you, I

would permit; allow perseverancia -

perseverancepersona(s) - person(people)plan - plan planeaban - they were plan-

ningplato - plate; dishpolicía - police

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Cognadospolítico(a)(s) - political;

politicians popular - popularposible - possibleposición - position positivos - positivepracticaba - s/he, I was

practicing; you werepracticing

practicaban - they werepracticing

practicando - practicingpracticar - to practice(que) practicaran - (that)

they practice (subjunc-tive)

(que) practiquen - (that)they practice(subjunctive)

preciosos - preciousprefería - s/he, I, you

preferredpreferían - they preferred(se) preparaba - s/he was

getting ready; you weregetting ready

prepararse - to prepare one-self; to get ready

prestigiosos - prestigiousprimaria - primary principal - principal; mainprivilegio - privilege problema(s) - problem(s)profesión- profession profesional(es) -

profesional(s)profesionalmente - profes-

sionally profundo - profound; deepprogreso - progressprohibido - prohibited; for-

biddenpronunciaba - s/he, I, you

pronouncedpronunciación - pronuncia-

tionpronunciar - to pronounce prosperidad - prosperityprotección - protection publicar - to publish público - public punto - point racismo - racism racistas - racists raza - race

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reactedrealmente - reallyrecibe - s/he receives; you

receive (que) recibieran - (that) they

receive reconoció - s/he, you

recognizedreflexión- reflectionreflexionó - s/he, you

reflected regresaba - s/he, I, you re-

turned(había) regresado - s/he, I,

you had returnedregresar- to returnregresaron - they returned regreso - returnregresó - s/he, you returnedrepetía - s/he, I was

repeating; you were repeating

repitió - s/he, you repeated representar - to represent representarlo - to represent

himrepresión - repression

república - republicreputación - reputation reservaciones - reservationsrespetable - respectable respetado(a)(s) - respected respeto - respectrespetuoso - respectfulrespondió - s/he, you

respondedresponsable - responsible respuesta - answer;

response restaurante(s) - restaurantresto - restresucitaron - resucitatedreunión - reunion rifles - riflesrígido - rigid ruta - route sándwich(es) - sandwich(es) sección - sectionsecreto - secret secundaria - secondary segregación - segregation seleccionar - to selectseleccionó - s/he, you

selected septiembre - September

servicio - serviceseveridad - severitysituación - situationsocial - socialsolo(a)(s) - alone; onlysólo - although the Acade-

mia Real no longeruses an accent on sólowhen it carriesthe meaning “only”,the accent is used inthis novel to aid com-prehension

sombrero - hat sufría - s/he, I was suffering;

you were suffering(había) sufrido - s/he, I, you

had sufferedsufrimiento - suffering sufrió - s/he, you suffered sufrir - to suffer súper - supertáctica(s) - tacticstalento - talenttalentoso(a)(s) - talentedtaxi - taxi taxista - taxi driver

técnicas - technical; techni-cians

tensión - tension tentación - temptationterroristas - terroriststímido - timidtípica - typicaltono - tone total - totaltragedia - tragedy trágica - tragictransformación - transfor-

mation transformó - s/he, you trans-

formedtransición - transition tremendo(a) - tremendous triunfo - triumphtropical(es) - tropicalúltima - last único - unique; onlyunido(a)(s) - united uniforme - uniform universidad - universityuniversitario(s) - universityusa - s/he, it uses; you use usan - they use usar - to use

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usaron - they used(que) usen - (that) they usevacaciones - vacations valle - valleyvarios(as) - variousversus - versusvictorias - victoriesviolencia - violence violento - violent visa - visavisión - vision visitan - they visitvotar - to votevotó - s/he, you voted voz - voicezona(s) - zone(s)

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