Talk Dirty Spanish: Beyond Mierda: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak espanol

by Alexis Munier, Laura Martinez

¿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 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

De puta of the prostitute mother
Spanish ¡Mi tío tiende un coche de puta madre!
My uncle has a fantastic car!
Literal My uncle has a car of a prostitute mother!

Talk Spanish --all you need for a sharper tongue and set of cojones .

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Corey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good little guide to Spanish slang. I particularly appreciated when the country the slang is most common in/exclusively used in was indicated.

Two stars docked because the sexual slang section failed to translate the bulk of the example usage sentences instead saying "XXX: To Dirty to translate" which is not only annoying but also the first to is the wrong form of to. It should be too.

[Rita · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think the book I would really like someone to write would be something along the lines of "Greatest Reggaeton Lyrics: Translated"

Some useful stuff in here, but would be better on CD. Biggest gripe: some things are printed in Spanish but "too dirty to translate" (and from what I can make out, not reaaaaallllly that dirty)

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 1 out of 5]

A dictionary of slang Spanish with rough English translations. It deals mainly with sex, insults, and body parts. The contents appear to be arranged somewhat randomly. A major drawback is that there is no pronunciation guide or aids which pretty much makes it useless for the beginning Spanish speaker.