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TG provides the online version of the English-Spanish Glossary of Student Financial Aid and Postsecondary Education to assist the financial aid community and the general public in locating the Spanish equivalent of English terms used in student financial aid and the higher education arena.
To search for a term, enter the English term to find the Spanish equivalent, then click "Search."
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Service Marks: The U.S. Department of Education has service marks on the following terms: Direct Lending℠, Direct Loan Program℠, FAFSA℠, FAFSA4caster℠, FAFSA on the Phone℠, FAFSA on the Web℠, Federal Family Education Loan Program℠, FFELP℠, NSLDS℠, and National Student Loan Data System℠.
Please note that these terms are not to be translated into Spanish. While the glossary provides definitions in Spanish for some of the service-marked terms, these entries serve as explanatory text and are not meant to serve as a direct translation.
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U.S. Armed Forces
- n. Fuerzas Armadas de EE.UU.
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U.S. Census Bureau
- n. Oficina del Censo de EE.UU.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- n. Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
- n. Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Defense
- n. Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Education
- n. Departamento de Educación de EE.UU. (equivalente al Ministerio de Educación)
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- n. Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- n. Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- n. Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Justice
- n. Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Labor
- n. Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- n. Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos de EE.UU.
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U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS)
- n. Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización de EE.UU.
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U.S. permanent resident
- n. residente permanente de EE.UU.
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U.S. Postal Service
- n. Servicio Postal de EE.UU.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
- n. Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU.
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ultimately responsible
- adj. (for repaying a loan) responsable en última instancia de
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unaccompanied youth
- n. menor no acompañado
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unaccompanied youth who is homeless
- n. menor no acompañado sin hogar
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uncomplicated pregnancy
- n. embarazo sin complicaciones
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Uncorrected Data Adjustment
- n. (cohort default rate) modificación de datos no corregidos
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under separate cover
- adv. por correo aparte
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underemployed
- adj. subempleado
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underemployment
- n. subempleo
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undergraduate
- n. estudiante de pregrado
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undergraduate degree
- n. título universitario (de 4 años), bachillerato (PR)
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undergraduate student
- n. estudiante pregrado
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underlying loan
- n. préstamo subyacente
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underpayment
- n. pago incompleto
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underrepresented
- adj. subrepresentado
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underscore
- n. guión bajo
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understanding
- n. entendimiento
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undue hardship
- n. dificultades (económicas) excesivas
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unemployed
- adj. desempleado
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unemployment
- n. desempleo
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unemployment compensation
- n. indemnización de desempleo
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Unemployment Deferment Request
- n. Solicitud de aplazamiento de pago por desempleo
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unemployment insurance
- n. seguro de desempleo
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uniform compulsory fees
- n. cargos obligatorios uniformes
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Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
- n. Ley Uniforme de Donaciones a Menores (UGMA)
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Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
- n. Ley Uniforme de Transferencias a Menores (UTMA)
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uninsured
- adj. sin seguro
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union
- n. sindicato; sindical
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United States (U.S.)
- n. Estados Unidos (de Norteamérica) (EE.UU.)
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United States government
- n. Gobierno de los Estados Unidos
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United States history
- n. historia de los Estados Unidos
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university professor
- n. catedrático
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unmet need
- n. necesidad (económica) no cubierta
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unpaid principal
- n. capital insoluto, capital pendiente (de pago), capital no pagado
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unsubsidized
- adj. sin subsidio
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unsubsidized loan
- n. préstamo sin subsidio (del interés), préstamo no subsidiado
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untaxed
- adj. no gravado con impuestos; no tributable, libre de impuesto, sin imposición de impuestos
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untaxed income
- n. ingresos no gravados con impuestos; ingreso no tributable (libre de impuesto)
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unusual circumstances
- n. circunstancias excepcionales
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unusual expenses
- n. gastos extraordinarios
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unwillingness to pay
- n. falta de disposición a pagar
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update
- v. actualizar, poner al día
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Ural-Altaic language, literature, and linguistics
- n. lengua, literatura y lingüística uralo-altaica
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Urdu language, literature, and linguistics
- n. lengua, literatura y lingüística urdu
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user ID
- n. nombre de usuario
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utilities
- n. servicios públicos
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