Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang (eBook)

5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spainsh

Mary McVey Gill, Brenda Wegmann (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2006
356 Seiten
McGraw-Hill Education (Verlag)
978-0-07-170907-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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?)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-07-170907-X / 007170907X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170907-1 / 9780071709071