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costumbre
custom, tradition
📌 Nota gramatical
Often confused with 'hábito', but 'costumbre' refers to cultural or social habits of a group.
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pertenencia
belonging
📌 Nota gramatical
In the plural ('pertenencias'), it means belongings or possessions.
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raíz
root
📌 Nota gramatical
Notice the plural form 'raíces' shifts the written accent mark.
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patrimonio
heritage, patrimony
📌 Nota gramatical
Frequently used with adjectives like 'cultural', 'histórico', or 'nacional'.
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mestizaje
crossbreeding, cultural mixing
📌 Nota gramatical
Refers to the mixing of cultures, races, or traditions.
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idiosincrasia
idiosyncrasy, character
📌 Nota gramatical
Refers to the peculiar behavioral or cultural characteristics of an individual or group.
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legado
legacy
📌 Nota gramatical
Can be used both for material inheritances and cultural or intellectual ones.
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diversidad
diversity
📌 Nota gramatical
Often paired with expressions like 'fomentar la diversidad' (to promote diversity).
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integración
integration
📌 Nota gramatical
Derived from the verb 'integrar' (to integrate).
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asimilación
assimilation
📌 Nota gramatical
Refers to the process whereby individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group.
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tradición
tradition
📌 Nota gramatical
Crucial noun for discussing cultural practices and continuity.
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creencia
belief
📌 Nota gramatical
Often used in plural when discussing values, religions, or cultural worldviews.
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costumbrista
costumbrista, depicting local customs
📌 Nota gramatical
Can function as an adjective or a noun referring to artists depicting local customs.
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arraigado
deep-rooted, ingrained
📌 Nota gramatical
Past participle of 'arraigar' used as an adjective; agrees in gender and number.
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pluricultural
multi-cultural, pluricultural
📌 Nota gramatical
Adjective ending in a consonant; takes '-es' in the plural for both genders.
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transmitir
to transmit, to pass on
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular -ir verb used frequently when talking about passing traditions down generations.
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preservar
to preserve
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular -ar verb; often synonyms with 'conservar' in cultural contexts.
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fusionar
to fuse, to blend
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular -ar verb; yields the noun 'fusión'.
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acoger
to welcome, to embrace
📌 Nota gramatical
Stem-changing verb in the first person singular present ('acojo').
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enriquecer
to enrich
📌 Nota gramatical
Verbs ending in '-ecer' take a 'zc' before 'o' and 'a' (e.g., 'enriquezco').
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costumbre ancestral
ancestral custom
📌 Nota gramatical
A very useful B2 collocation combining noun + descriptive adjective.
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choque cultural
culture shock
📌 Nota gramatical
Standard fixed expression used when discussing expatriation and migration.
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seña de identidad
hallmark, sign of identity
📌 Nota gramatical
Idiomatic expression often used in the plural ('señas de identidad').
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patrimonio de la humanidad
world heritage
📌 Nota gramatical
Fixed institutional expression frequently capitalized in official contexts.
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sentido de pertenencia
sense of belonging
📌 Nota gramatical
Collocation combining a noun with a prepositional phrase expressing emotional connection.
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