Poverty & Homelessness
Spanish: AQA GCSE (2025 Exam), topic 4.7.3
La Pobreza y Los "Sin Techo" - Poverty and Homeless People
Key vocab
- La pobreza - poverty.
- Los "sin techo" - homeless people.
- Un ladrón, una ladrona - a thief.
- La desigualdad - inequality.
- El gamberro - hooligan.
- La ONG - NGO.
- El vertedero - rubbish dump.
Los "sin techo"
- Muchas personas creen que los "sin techo" son ladrones porque tienen que robar para comer.
- A lot of people think that the homeless people are thieves because they have to steal so that they can eat.
- Necesitamos más ambición y más decisión para resolver la desigualdad.
- We need to be more ambitious and decisive to resolve inequality.
Aspectos del problema
- ¿Qué aspectos del problema de la pobreza y de los "sin techo" te preocupan más?
- What aspects of the the problem of poverty and homelessness worry you most?
- Me preocupa que haya demasiado paro. Para resolver este problema se necesitan más empleos..
- It worries me that there is a lot of unemployment. To solve this issue we need more jobs.
Una solución
- ¿Hay alguna solución?
- Can you see any solution?
- Me gustaría decir que sí, veo una solución, pero la realidad es que no puedo ver una porque hay mucha gente a quien le da igual.
- I would like to say that I can see a solution, but the reality is that I can't see one because there are a lot of people who don't care.
How to Use 'Se'
'Se' is only used with verbs in the 'él/ella' form. It is often translated as 'one can, you can, they can'. It is formed like this: 'Se' + 'él/ella' form of a verb (puede) + Infinitive. Here are the two commonly used verbs:
Poder - to be able to
- Se puede concluir que...
- One can conclude that...
- Como se puede ver.
- As you can see.
- Se puede llegar a una solución.
- They can come to a solution.
Deber - to ought to, to must
- Se debe hacer más.
- You must do more.
- Se debe tener en cuenta el contexto.
- One must take the context into account.
- Se debe trabajar duro.
- You must work hard.
Test yourself on Poverty & Homelessness
What does 'los "sin techo"' mean in English?
Which endings are correct for these poverty-related words?
How do you say 'thief' in Spanish?
¿Qué significa 'se debe hacer más para proteger el planeta' en inglés?
How do you say 'one can' in Spanish?