Vocabulary

A friend of mine told me that it would be helpful to have a vocabulary list blog that explained "what the eff" I am talking about so here goes. I will add more to this post throughout the rest of the semester as things come up.

Alpaca: Llama

Aula: classroom

Avioines: Airplanes

Ay Chai Chai: I´m freezing

Bailando por la boda de mis sueños: The reality show of which my host brother Fernando is a participant

Camino: A walk or a road

El Campo: The countryside

CEMOPLAF: Centro Medico de Orientación y Planificación Familiar: Medical Center for orientation to family planning

Chevre: Cool!!

Chompa: Sweater

Cotacachi: A pueblo 10 minutes north of Otavalo which is an hour and a half north of Quito

El Teler: fabric workshop

Finca: a country estate owned by wealthy people

Fundacion CIMAS: My school which I usually call Cimas

Futbol: Soccer

Hacienda: a piece of land used to grow crops. Workers tend to live on the property as well

La Mariscal: The neighborhood in Quito where all the bars and discos are as well as the Mercado Artesinal

Matador: Bull Fighter. I did not realize that there was bull fighting here but apparently it is somewhat popular.

Mentira: A lie

Mercando Artesinal: Artisan market located in La Mariscal

El Metro: The bus that runs down Prensa Avenue from the North to the South. I take it every day to get to school and it only costs $.25

La Mitad del Mundo: A pueblo 20 minutes north of Quito and also the middle of the world

MSID: Minnesota Studies in International Development. It is the program I am on.

Otavalo: A pueblo to the north of Quito known for its wool products and music

La Pasantia/Internado: Internship

Piña: Pineapple

Quichwa: Indigenous language spoken by the majority of Indigenous people in Ecuador

Red Macrena: Manejo Comunitario de Recursos Naturales : Network for natural resources

Santo Domingo de las tsachilas: Santo Domingo is a new province located directly west of Pichincha, the province Quito is located in. Tsachilas are indigenous people known for dying their hair red.

El Teleferico: The ride in a gondola to the top of Pichincha mountain

El Trole: The cable car that runs north and south through Quito. It is located on Rio Amazonas Avenue which is west of the Metro

Tungurahua: The volcano in Ambato that erupted recently

Vecinos: Neighbors