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Spanish to English Anthropology Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
imaginario		imaginary
instancia		See explanation
inventarios		inventories
la búsqueda en el terreno		on-site research/field survey
las gachas		mean girls, wretched girls
llamaba		sent for/summoned
lo comunitario		Our work is community oriented
los lugares ambulatorios callejeros		temporary/passing/precarious street locations	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
melanoafricano		Melano-African
mujeres actualmente unidas		women currently with a partner
necrolatría		necrolatry
No se nos escapa		Therefore, we can not overlook..
nos ocupa y deleita por su desbordada sabiduría		that holds our attention while it delights us with its profuse written and visual knowledge
novela de costumbres		novel of manners
Observación participante		participant observation
paño de caderas		loincloth apron	Muriel Vasconcellos
Entered by: Muriel Vasconcellos
pedigüeños		hangers-on/beggars/parasites/scroungers
personas inmigrantes en situación documental de irregularidad		undocumented immigrants
pide güevos		tramp, vagrant, loafer, cadger, freeloader, moocher	Mariana Font
Entered by: Mariana Font
piel morena		light brown skin
pongo de relieve		I highligh
por poder		by proxy
porteñas		when live performances were first aired by radio stations in the port city of Guayaquil
repertorios documentales		documentary records
rondas campesinas y ronderos		"rondas campesinas" and "ronderos"
saberes acerca de la cosmovisión nativa		lores of the native cosmovision	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
sementeras		crops
sin cortapisas		unreservedly	psicutrinius
Entered by: psicutrinius
sortear		divine
sortear el futuro		predict the future
su polémica apelación		controversial reference to
tablillas de ofrenda		Offering tables/trays
tender redes para el intercambio		establish exchange networks
titularse		to be given title deeds
un discurso ideológico ciudadanista		citizen-oriented ideological discourse
vamos a comerte / wamos a comerte		We're going to eat you. (literal) In the context of a relationship, it has sexual overtones. 1st person plural is interesting...
\"Lo que sigue es yunque\"		I will insist on this/The point is this
\"política compensatoria\"		compensatory (educational) policy	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

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