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Definition

alfabetización

literacy

n. the state of being literate, esp. of having the ability to read or write.

analfabeta

illiterate person

n. a person who is unable to read or write.

a person who shows substandard learning; is poorly educated; an ignorant.

analfabetismo

illiteracy

n. the condition of being unable to read and write.

lack of education or knowledge in some field.

bilingüe

bilingual

n. capable of speaking two languages almost equally well.

written or spoken in two languages.

bilingüismo

bilingualism

n. the frequent use (as by a community) of two languages

the political or institutional recognition of two languages.

corolario

corollary

n. a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference.

a natural result.

desestructuración

disarrange

v. to disturb the arrangement or order of.

desmembrar

dismember

v. to sever or tear the members or limbs from.

to take apart or cut up.

despojar

to divest, to deprive

v. to take rights or property away from; dispossess, esp. by legal means.

to rid of something.

diglosia

diglossia

n. A sociolinguistic phenomenon in which complementary social functions are distributed between a prestigious or formal variety and a common or colloquial variety of a language.

disyuntiva

dilemma

n. a problem that requires a choice between equally undesirable solutions or that resists satisfactory solution.

any difficult and perplexing situation; predicament.

enfrentamiento

confrontation

n. to face with hostility or an accusing attitude.

enfrentar

to face

v. to stand or be in front of.

to confront without avoidance.

to meet head-on.

equiparación

parity

n. equality in amount, status, strength, or the like.

equivalence for practical purposes, as in the armed strength of two countries.

etnia

ethnic group

n. a large minority group classed by race, religion, language, nationality, or culture.

the origin or classification of groups according to such criteria.

étnico

ethnic

adj. of or related to a large minority group classed by race, religion, language, nationality, or culture.

pertaining to the origin or classification of groups according to such criteria.

hacer gala

show off

v. to pretentiously display one's skills or abilities with the purpose of impressing others.

intercultural

intercultural

adj. between cultures.

lengua

language

n. form or manner of verbal expression.

a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings.

lengua franca

lengua franca

n. a language that is used in a wide, multilingual region, for communication between people whose native languages are different.

a lingua franca is usually a complex language of its own, and the native language of part of the region where it's used, or of another region.

any hybrid language used as a medium of communication between people who speak different languages.

lingüístico

linguistic

adj. of or relating to language or to the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language (Linguistics).

multicultural

multicultural

adj. of, concerning, including, or directed toward several distinct cultures.

pionero

pioneer

n. a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development.

pluralidad

plurality

n. the state of being plural.

the state of being numerous

a large number or quantity.

pluriculturalismo

multiculturalism

n. The term generally refers to an applied ideology of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a specified place, usually at the scale of an organization such as a school, business, neighborhood, city or nation.

plurilingüe

multilingual

adj. speaking or able to speak several languages.

of, including, or presented in several languages.

plurilingüismo

multilingualism

n. capacity of speaking or being able to speak several languages.of, including, or presented in several languages.

rango

rank, status, social standing

n. the condition of a person or thing in relation to others.

state or condition with respect to circumstances.

sociedad multiétnica

multiethnic society

n. a society that integrates different ethnic groups irrespective of differences in culture, race, and history under a common social identity larger than one "nation" in the conventional sense.

sociedad pluriétnica

multiethnic society

n. a society that integrates different ethnic groups irrespective of differences in culture, race, and history under a common social identity larger than one "nation" in the conventional sense.

territorialidad

territoriality

n. defensiveness of one's territory.

 the condition or status of a territory.

viabilidad

viability

n. capacity of germinating, growing, or developing, as a living organism or social organization.

capacity of sustaining life and developing as a fetus outside the womb.

capacity of being put into effect or  practice.