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1 procedencia cultural
(n.) = cultural backgroundEx. The article 'Peanuts: a note on intercultural communication' outlines the role played by intercultural communication skills and aptitude in the work of public librarians dealing with users from different cultural backgrounds.* * *(n.) = cultural backgroundEx: The article 'Peanuts: a note on intercultural communication' outlines the role played by intercultural communication skills and aptitude in the work of public librarians dealing with users from different cultural backgrounds.
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2 Día de la Raza
In Latin America, the anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, October 12. In Spain it is known as día de la Hispanidad. It symbolizes the cultural ties shared by Spanish-speaking countries. -
3 Generación del 98
A group of Spanish literary figures who wrote in response to the trauma caused to Spain by the loss in 1898 of its last colonies, Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Faced with the end of Spain's imperial role, poets, novelists and essayists turned their attention to Spain itself, its landscapes, its people, its linguistic and cultural heritage. The best known members of the group are Antonio Machado, Miguel de Unamuno, Pío Baroja, Jacinto Benavente, Ramón del Valle-Inclán and Azorín. -
4 PRI - Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Mexico's leading political party. Founded in 1929 as the Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, it took its present name in 1946. It supports state intervention in economic, political, and cultural life. The PRI dominated Mexican politics for most of the twentieth century, staying in power for 71 years until 2000, when it was beaten by PAN - Partido de Acción Nacional (↑ PAN) It remained an opposition party after the 2006 elections.Spanish-English dictionary > PRI - Partido Revolucionario Institucional
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5 TVE 1 y 2 - Televisión Española 1 y 2
Spain's two state-run television stations. TVE was founded as a state monopoly in 1956. The advent of private television in 1989 meant that it was forced to compete. TVE2 became a minority channel, featuring cultural programs. TVE1 and 2 fund themselves and other public services, such as the radio station Radio Nacional de España, with advertising.Spanish-English dictionary > TVE 1 y 2 - Televisión Española 1 y 2
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6 la movida madrileña
An expression referring to the Madrid social and cultural scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the people involved in it. It was a youth phenomenon based around night spots in the city, such as the now defunct club Rock-Ola. One of the leading lights of the movida was the movie director Pedro Almodóvar. -
7 (La fiesta de) los toros
Bullfighting is popular in Spain and in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. For some Spaniards it is crucial to Spanish identity. The season runs from March to October in Spain, from November to March in Latin America.The art of bullfighting is given the name tauromaquia. The bullfighters in a corrida (↑ corrida a1) gather in cuadrillas. The principal bullfighter, or matador, is assisted by peones. Their outfit, the traje de luces, consists of a tight silk jacket and trousers, decorated with embroidery and epaulettes, and a black, two-cornered hat known as a montera. -
8 (Palacio de) la Moncloa
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9 (Palacio de) la Moneda
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10 (Palacio de) la Zarzuela
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11 AVE - Alta Velocidad Española
A high-speed train service linking Madrid with Seville and Huelva via Cadiz, established in 1992 in time for the international exhibition Expo 92 in Seville. Lines under construction include: Madrid-Barcelona, with an extension to France and Barcelona-Valencia. An AVE service is planned for Madrid and Galicia. -
12 Antena 3
Spain's first private television channel which began broadcasting in 1989. Its proprietors include the conservative newspapers La Vanguardia and ABC. -
13 Aztecas
A náhuatl (↑ náhuatl a1) -speaking people of Central America who in the fourteenth century established a brilliant but tyrannical civilization in central and southern Mexico. The capital was Tenochtitlán, built on reclaimed marshland which became Mexico City. Renowned for their jewelry, the Aztecs were also skilled architects and used a writing system based on pictographs and hieroglyphs. The Aztec calendar followed a 52-year astronomical cycle. They worshipped the plumed serpent Quetzalcóatl and the war-god Huitzilopochtli, whom their priests appeased by human sacrifice. The Aztec empire collapsed in 1521 after defeat by the Spanish under Hernán Cortés and Pedro de Alvarado. -
14 BUP - Bachillerato Unificado Polivalente
Under the old Spanish educational system, the more academic option for fourteen to seventeen-year-olds.Spanish-English dictionary > BUP - Bachillerato Unificado Polivalente
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15 COPE - Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas
A radio network broadcasting on AM and FM. It is the most popular network after Cadena SER (↑ cadena a1). The Catholic Church has a majority holding in COPE. la radio española (↑ radio a1)Spanish-English dictionary > COPE - Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas
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16 COU - Curso de Orientación Universitaria
Formerly a course that prepared Spanish students for university, now replaced by the Bachillerato (↑ bachillerato a1).Spanish-English dictionary > COU - Curso de Orientación Universitaria
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17 Cadena SER
Spanish commercial radio station, offering a high level of information and political debate. Politically it is considered to be left of center. la radio española (↑ radio a1). -
18 Convergència i Unió
A Catalan nationalist political party. Its influence on central government has been considerable, as the main party in power has often had to make a pact with it in order to outvote the opposition. -
19 Conquistadores
The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile). -
20 Constitución Española
The current Spanish Constitution was approved in the Cortes Generales (↑ corte a1) in December 1978. It describes Spain as a parliamentary monarchy, gives sovereign power to the people through universal suffrage, recognizes the plurality of religions, and transfers responsibility for defense from the armed forces to the government.The Constitution was generally well received, except in the Basque Country, whose desire for independence it did not satisfy. It is considered to have facilitated the successful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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