No matter how much Spanish you study, it's nearly impossible to fully convince the native-speakers that you've got it. Even those estudiantes perfectos who have seemingly mastered speaking a foreign language in a classroom run into problems in real-life situations. 3,000 Spanish…
Presents more than four thousand contemporary colloquial expressions from Spain, Latin America, and the Spanish-speaking community in the United States, with definitions, a sample sentence, and an equivalent in American slang.
"Travelers who speak some Spanish, as well as Spanish language students, know how important it is to get past the slang barrier. This book helps them do exactly that. It teaches Spanish idioms and demonstrates how people of different regions and social classes actually use them …
If someone called you "tragaldabas" would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted "¡Mota!" in the street, would you expect 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 "merequ…