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Spanish GCSE AQA Vocab: Local, National and Global Areas of Interest - Global Issues
Global Issues
The Environment
Foundation
- la basura - rubbish
- la belleza - beauty
- el cambio climático - climate change
- la campaña - campaign
- el cartón - cardboard
- el combustible - fuel
- el contenedor - container
- la culpa - fault, blame, guilt
- cultivar - to grow, to cultivate
- el cultivo - crop
- dañar - to harm, damage
- el daño - harm, damage
- desaparecer - to disappear
- ducharse - to have a shower
- encender - to turn on
- escaso - sacrce, meagre
- el extranjero - foreigner
- el fuego - fire
- malgastar - to waster, to misuse, to squander
- matar - to kill
- el medio ambiente - environment
- medioambiental - environmental
- mundial - global, world-wide
- el mundo - world
- la naturaleza - nature
- el pájaro - bird
- el peligro - danger
- peligroso - dangerous
- el petróleo - oil
- la pila - battery
- los productos químicos - chemicals
- proteger - to protect
- químico - chemical
- recargable - rechargable
- el reciclaje - recycling
- reciclar - to recycle
- recoger - to collect, to gather, to pick up
- el recurso - resource
- renovable - renewable
- reutilizar - to reuse
- sucio - dirty
- la Tierra - the Earth
- utilizar - to use
- la ventaja - advantage
Higher
- agotar - to exhaust, to use up
- el agujero - hole
- amenazar - to threaten
- apagar - to turn off
- arruinar - to ruin, to destroy
- el atasco - traffic jam
- el calentamiento global - global warming
- la capa de ozono - ozone layer
- combatir - to fight to combat
- cometer - to commit
- el consumo - consumption
- los desechos - rubbish, waste
- el desperdicio - waste, rubbish, squandering
- echar la culpa - to blame
- el efecto invernadero - greenhouse effect
- ensuciar - to make dirty
- el envase - wrapping, packaging, container
- la escasez - shortage, want lack
- estropear - to ruin, spoil
- los gases de escape - exhaust fumes
- el huracán - hurricane
- el incendio - fire
- la inundación - flood
- la lluvia ácida - acid rain
- la marea negra - oil spill
- la multa - fine
- nocivo - harmful
- el petrolero - oil tanker
- los residuos - refuse, waste, rubbish
- la selva - jungle, tropical forest
- la sequía - drought
- el vertedero - rubbish dump, tip
Poverty & Homelessness
Foundation
- aumentar - to increase
- beneficiar - to benefit
- los derechos - rights
- el desarrollo - development
- la encuesta - poll, survey
- la falta - lack
- faltar - to be missing
- el gobierno - government
- serio - serious
- injusto - unfair
- inquietante - worrying, disturbing
- inquietar(se) - to worry, to upset oneself
- justo - fair
- el ladrón - thief
- la ley - law
- la libertad - liberty, freedom
- luchar - to fight, to struggle
- los necesitados - needy people
- pobre - poor
- la pobreza - poverty
- la preocupación - worry, anxiety
- preocupado - worried, anxious
- preocupante - worrying
- robar - to steal
- el robo - theft, burglary
- salvar - to save
- solucionar - to solve, to resolve
- la violencia - violence
Higher
- el aumento - increase
- el beneficio - benefit
- la desigualdad - inequality
- el gamberro - hooligan, lout, troublemaker
- la igualdad - equality
- el prejuicio - prejudice
- los sin techo - the homeless
- el testigo - witness
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