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Intermediate through advanced Streetwise Spanish presents the colloquial and slang expressions that students need and want to know but usually do not learn in their Spanish classes. The 15 chapters contain short dialogues, translations of the dialogues, explanations of the colloquial and slang expressions, authentic jokes, cartoons from Spanish publications, and exercises. Note: This text includes "earthy" and vulgar expressions! Each dialogue presents universal Spanish idioms and also includes slang from a particular country or city that is identified in the introductory line of the dialogue. Alternate forms used in other areas are explained in the vocabulary notes.
Don't sound like una momia--add a little sizzle to your Spanish! If someone called you tragaldabas would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted ¡Mota! in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks to The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you'll always know your tejemaneje (scheme) from your merequetengue (mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases--plus helpful hints as to what's cordial and what's vulgar--keep you in sync with Spanish slang. Spanish to English niños popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled brats Contigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you) You're impossible La cruda (rawness) Hangover English to Spanish Ugly as sin ser un espantapájaro (to be a scarecrow) To be lucky tener leche (to have milk) Why are you staring at me? ¿Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my face?)
Includes discussions about eight Spanish language films.
The low-intermediate oral communication component of Tapestry moves from conversational survival skills to the introduction of discussion and academic skills.
Este libro es un manual de trabajo sobre gramática española básica que, además, nos entrega contenidos de audición de hablantes y frases hispanas, pronunciación del idioma, lectura y escritura básicas de esta lengua, mediante una gran cantidad de ejercicios y comunicaciones activas. También es una introducción a la cultura hispana, considerando la variedad y riqueza que ésta tiene. Se va adquiriendo todo ello a través de los distintos temas que trata el libro, tales como: la familia; estudios y profesiones; las estaciones del año y el estado del tiempo; diversiones y pasatiempos; la moda y la rutina diaria; comidas y bebidas; novias y amigos; viajes y paseos; las noticias; fiestas y aniversarios; la salud y el cuerpo; sentimientos y emociones y mucho más.
Learn Spanish slang, funny insults, and explicit phrases with this exercise book that quizzes you on how Spanish is really spoken! Classroom workbooks teach conjugation with lame verbs—I walk, you walk, he walks. Eff that. Wouldn’t you rather be learning I hook up, you hook up, we hook up (Yo ligo, tu ligas, nosotros ligamos)? This book teaches you Spanish using the expressions you really want to learn, including cool slang, swear words and explicit sex terms. Packed with fun stuff they don’t teach in school, Dirty Spanish Workbook includes: • Sample Dialogues for Picking Up Sexy Locals • Labeled Illustrations of the Body’s Hot Spots • Conjugation Exercises on Conjugating • Word Search for Dancing, Clubbing and Partying Terms • Fill-in-the-Blank Sentences to Describe a Hottie • Multiple Choice Quizzes featuring Drunk, Wasted and Stoned Vocabulary
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¿Qué pasa, gringo? Whether at a cantina in Mexico or a discothèque in Spain, you better know how to shoot the s#*!. Luckily for you, Talk Dirty: Spanish dishes all the dirty sayings in a variety of dialects. Packed with plenty of four-letter words, habañero-hot insults, and wicked expressions, this book will have you speaking like a true hombre. The Spanish-to-English translations will help you learn all the latest foreign slang, such as: De puta madre: of the prostitute mother Spanish Phrase:¡Mi tío tiende un coche de puta madre! Translation: My uncle has a fantastic car! Literal Translation: My uncle has a car of a prostitute mother! Talk Dirty: Spanish--all you need for a sharper tongue and set of cojones.
Moldanado was curious to learn why legumes were so overlooked in Western diets compared to that of her native India. Her subsequent research turned up a number of misconceptions and inaccuracies as reasons for the prevailing lack of interest in them. This, in turn, led her to research legume-based diets in other parts of the world to ascertain what, if any, impact they had on health and disease in those locales. This book presents her findings.
Learn how to swear like a native speaker with this highly improper phrasebook! Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they never taught you in Spanish class with this hilariously improper English-Spanish phrasebook. You already know enough Spanish to get by, but you want to be able to tell those inside jokes, greet your friends in a laid-back manner, and casually pick someone up at a bar. From “What’s up?” to “Wanna go home with me?” Dirty Spanish will teach you how to speak like you’re a regular on the streets of Madrid or Mexico City or Buenos Aires. But you’ll also discover material that goes beyond a traditional phrasebook, including: *Hilarious insults *Provocative facts *Explicit swear words *Themed Spanish cocktails *and more! Next time you’re traveling to Spain, Mexico, or South America—or just practicing your conversational Spanish—drop the textbook formality, and get dirty!