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🏘️ · Chapter 9 · Intermediate — Exercise 2: Neighbourhood Assembly
La política local se aprende escuchando antes de hablar.
Lucía shows you how neighbourhood assemblies in Spain work: complaints, speaking turns, practical issues and the messy patience of local participation.
Phase 1 of 3 — Vocabulary
Words you need to know
Study these 10 words. You'll use them to talk about neighbourhood meetings, shared problems and local discussion.
la asamblea vecinal
→
neighbourhood assembly
la queja
→
complaint
el turno de palabra
→
speaking turn
la convivencia
→
living together / coexistence
el ruido nocturno
→
night-time noise
la limpieza urbana
→
street cleaning
el parque infantil
→
playground
la propuesta colectiva
→
collective proposal
el consenso
→
consensus
la participación vecinal
→
neighbour participation