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AP Spanish Unit 4: Science and Technology

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AP Spanish Unit 4: Science and Technology

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129 words/phrases to learn
el carbono neutral
the carbon neutral
la investigación
the research; the investigation
el desarrollo
the development
el acceso
the access
acceder
to access
el cuidado de la salud
the health care
la medicina
the medicine
el medicamento
the medicine
el fenómeno
the phenomenon
la ética
the ethics
el avance
the advance; the progress
avanzar
to progress; to move forward
impulsar
to boost
el código de ética
the code of ethics
la célula madre
the stem cell
llevar a cabo
to carry out
la secuencia de ADN
the DNA sequence
la educación STEM
the STEM education
los conocimientos informáticos
computer science knowledge
apasionarse por
to be passionate about
el ordenador
the computer
la computadora
the computer
contundente
forceful; convincing; substantial
de última generación
latest generation
adivinar
to guess; to foresee
alcanzar
to reach
el siglo veinte
the twentieth century
el diluvio
the deluge
disminuir
to reduce; to diminish
el dato
the piece of information
arriesgarse
to take risks
el aseo personal
the personal hygiene
asombroso
amazing; astonishing; awesome
la búsqueda
the search
el conocimiento
the knowledge
facilitar
to enable; to ease
introducir datos
to enter data
la ventaja
the advantage
la desventaja
the drawback
tomar una decisión
to make a decision
tener en cuenta
to keep in mind
la energía eólica
the wind power
medir
to measure
el mecanismo
the mechanism
la respuesta
the answer; the response
la nave espacial
the spaceship
rechazar
to reject; to decline
la fábrica
the factory
poner a prueba
to put to the test
preguntarse
to wonder (oneself)
cauteloso; cautelosa
cautious (masc.; fem.)
prevenido; prevenida
prudent (masc.; fem.)
la propensión
the tendency
el puente
the bridge
correr el riesgo
to run the risk
la rueda
the wheel
la máquina
the machine
la sobredosis
the overdose
sobrevivir
to survive
la sospecha
the suspicion
sospechar
to suspect
la supervivencia
the survival
el telescopio
the telescope
transplantar
to transplant
el trastorno
the disorder
el rasgo
the feature
el logro
the achievement
el fracaso
the failure
la pérdida de tiempo
the waste of time
a escala mundial
global scale
la calidad de vida
the quality of life
las armas de destrucción masiva
the weapons of mass destruction
aportar una solución
to provide a solution
recorrer el mundo
to travel the world
el comercio exterior
the foreign trade
el barco carguero
the cargo ship
la exploración espacial
the space exploration
la ingeniería
the engineering
traspasar la línea
to cross the line
ponerse al día con alguien
to catch up with someone
dentro del marco de
within the framework of
la zona gris
the gray area
ser un lastre
to be a burden
el principio moral
the moral principle
la inteligencia artificial
the artificial intelligence
la vigilancia electrónica
the electronic surveillance
la responsabilidad social empresarial
the corporate social responsibility
la regla de oro
the golden rule
el fin justifica los medios
the end justifies the means
la competencia del mercado
the market competition
el sistema de patentes
the patent system
la hambruna
the famine
la bomba atómica
the atomic bomb
de código abierto
open source
el monopolio
the monopoly
la meta
the goal; the finish line
investigar
to research
lograr
to achieve
el esfuerzo
the effort
sostener
to hold
el subdesarrollo
the underdevelopment
apuntarse
to sign up
descartar
to discard
el dispositivo
the device
la escala
the scale
involucrado; involucrada
involved (masc.; fem.)
el docente; la docente
the teacher (masc.; fem.)
la novedad
the novelty
repartir
to distribute; to share; to hand out
la herramienta
the tool
emblemático; emblemática
emblematic (masc.; fem.)
agregar
to add
ubicado; ubicada
located (masc.; fem.)
el aprendizaje
the learning
el anteproyecto
the preliminary project
el nivel
the level
fortalecer
to strengthen
quejarse
to complain (oneself)
la alianza
the alliance
el científico; la científica
the scientist
el invento
the invention
mejorar
to improve
llegar a ser
to become (oneself)
seguir una carrera
to pursue a career
dedicarse a
to work as; to be a (profession)
desarrollar
to develop
diseñar
to design
inventar
to invent
predecir
to predict

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