| 20:41 | 8:41 p.m. |
| 50 | "cincuenta" |
| 300 | "trescientos" |
| 1961 | "mil novecientos sesenta y uno" |
| 2000 | "dos mil" |
| 13 Jul 2012 | "trece de julio de dos mil doce" |
| agrícolas | agricultural |
| algunos | some |
| alimentarios | food (adj.) |
| alimentos | (staple) foods |
| amanecer | dawn |
| año | year(s) |
| ante | before |
| Antillas | Antilles |
| aprobada | approved |
| arribó | (it) arrived |
| aseo | care, cleaning |
| atracó | (it) docked |
| autoridades | authorities |
| ayuda | aid |
| bahía | bay |
| barco | boat |
| buque | ship |
| cantidades | quantities |
| carga | cargo |
| cargamento | load |
| comerciales | commercial |
| comida | food |
| compañías | companies |
| comprar | to buy |
| compuesto | composed |
| congelado | frozen |
| Congreso | Congress |
| constituye | (it) represents |
| Cuba | Cuba |
| cubano | Cuban |
| curiosa | curious |
| década | decade |
| demás | other |
| desde | from |
|
| directo | direct |
| duda | doubt |
| durante | for |
| EEUU | the United States |
| embarcación | vessel |
| embargo | embargo |
| entra | (it) enters |
| entre | between |
| enviada | sent |
| envío | shipment |
| era | (it) was |
| ese | that |
| eslora | length (of ships) |
| Estados Unidos | the United States |
| este | this |
| exiliados | exiles |
| fletados | chartered |
| fue | (it) was |
| fundamentalmente | principally |
| Gobierno | government |
| grandes | large |
| granos | grains |
| ha | (it) has |
| hacia | against |
| hasta | until |
| humanitaria | humanitarian |
| inédito | unheard-of |
| instauración | establishment |
| inusual | unusual |
| isla | island |
| La Habana | Havana, Cuba |
| le | (to) it |
| ley | law |
| mar | sea |
| marítimo | maritime |
| más | más de = more than |
| mayor | largest |
| medicinas | medicine |
| medida | measure |
| medio | half |
|
| mercante | merchant ship |
| Miami | Miami, Florida |
| miércoles | Wednesday |
| mirada | gaze |
| momento | moment |
| necesidad | necessity |
| Norte | north |
| norteamericano | U.S. (adj.) |
| país | country |
| parientes | relatives |
| pasado | last |
| permitido | allowed |
| personal | personal |
| pies | feet |
| pollo | chicken |
| portuarias | port (adj.) |
| posible | possible |
| primer | first |
| productos | products |
| puerto | port |
| realiza | (it) is making |
| realizar | to do, to make |
| recibido | received |
| remitidos | sent |
| según | according to |
| siglo | century |
| sin | without |
| sólo | only |
| suceso | event |
| sus | their |
| transeúntes | passers-by |
| transporta | (it) is transporting |
| trata | se trata del = it is a matter of the |
| trayecto | journey |
| unidas | united |
| útiles | equipment |
| vecino | neighbor |
| viernes | Friday |
| zarpó | set sail |
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