The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang Paperback / softback
by Mary McVey Gill, Brenda Wegmann
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
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 Englishninos popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled bratsContigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you) You're impossibleLa cruda (rawness) HangoverEnglish to SpanishUgly as sin ser un espantapajaro (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?)
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 25 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Publication Date:16/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780071433013
Other Formats
- EPUB from £15.75
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 25 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Publication Date:16/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780071433013