colonialism

colonialismo

Control de otro territorio por un país para aprovechar sus recursos y el trabajo de sus habitantes en beneficio propio.

En inglés sencillo: A country taking control of another land to use its resources and people’s work for its own benefit.

• Colonialism changed the country’s economy.
• Local people resisted colonialism and demanded independence.
• The book examines how colonialism exploited land and labor.

Expresiones frecuentes: European colonialism, history of colonialism, resist colonialism

expresión colonial, costumbre colonial

Palabra, idea o costumbre que surge de la vida en una colonia.

En inglés sencillo: A word, idea, or habit that comes from life in a colony.

• The phrase is an old colonialism.
• Her study lists colonialisms found in settlers’ letters.
• This colonialism survived in local speech long after independence.

Expresiones frecuentes: linguistic colonialism, local colonialism, old colonialism

vida colonial

Manera de vivir de las personas en una colonia.

En inglés sencillo: The way people live in a colony.

• The letters describe everyday colonialism.
• The historian reconstructed colonialism from household records.
• His account of colonialism includes farming, schooling, and family life.

Sinónimos: colonial life

Expresiones frecuentes: daily colonialism, early colonialism, colonialism abroad