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Dirty Languages
Dirty Spanish: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
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Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Spanish with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school,
•Cool slang
•Funny insults
•Explicit sex terms
•Raw swear words
Dirty Spanish teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Spain and Latin
•What's up?
¿Qué tal?
•I'm wasted
Estoy fumigado.
•Your mom's a ten.
Tu vieja es un cuero.
•I gotta take a piss.
Necesito mear.
•I wanna nail that ass.
Quiero clavar ese culo.
•What a sunnuvabitch!
¡Qué 'jueputa!
•Goooooaaalll!
¡Gooooooolllll!
Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Spanish with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school,
•Cool slang
•Funny insults
•Explicit sex terms
•Raw swear words
Dirty Spanish teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Spain and Latin
•What's up?
¿Qué tal?
•I'm wasted
Estoy fumigado.
•Your mom's a ten.
Tu vieja es un cuero.
•I gotta take a piss.
Necesito mear.
•I wanna nail that ass.
Quiero clavar ese culo.
•What a sunnuvabitch!
¡Qué 'jueputa!
•Goooooaaalll!
¡Gooooooolllll!
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2008
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November 1, 2024
Content warning: the book used slurs, in English and in Spanish. That might be clear from the content of the book, but I wanted to bring it up so everyone knows since they are used extensively in examples in addition to just a translation.
The book needs extensive work from an editor. The answer key is wrong in many cases. There are two crossword puzzles that include a word in the word bank that is not in the puzzle (or on the answer key). There are words that were clearly autocorrected to English and not corrected. (For example, the command “lámame” autocorrected to “lame me” and left that way).
However, I did learn some Mexican Spanish slang, and there is not another book out there that teaches those specifics. The different activities were engaging. The grammar explanations were bad, but I think most people would be using this book for vocabulary and not grammar anyway, but know that it’s not for beginners for that reason. If they would get an editor to review everything, it would be much better.
The book needs extensive work from an editor. The answer key is wrong in many cases. There are two crossword puzzles that include a word in the word bank that is not in the puzzle (or on the answer key). There are words that were clearly autocorrected to English and not corrected. (For example, the command “lámame” autocorrected to “lame me” and left that way).
However, I did learn some Mexican Spanish slang, and there is not another book out there that teaches those specifics. The different activities were engaging. The grammar explanations were bad, but I think most people would be using this book for vocabulary and not grammar anyway, but know that it’s not for beginners for that reason. If they would get an editor to review everything, it would be much better.
November 22, 2008
This book is for those who know quite a bit of Spanish but want to learn Spanish Slang. This book has everything you might need to understand slang in Spanish speaking countries.
The book is divided into the following chapters: Howdy Spanish, Friendly Spanish, Party Spanish, Body Spanish, Horny Spanish, Angry Spanish, Poppy Spanish, Sporty Spanish and Hungry Spanish.
Unlike the other Dirty Language Series, there isn't one way to speak Spanish so when something is only said in one or two Spanish speaking countries, there are short forms given. So a legend at the beginning of the book tells you that for instance that Mex is Mexico and Cub is Cuba. There is also a short pronunciation guide because they assume if you want to know slang you know the basics of pronunciation anyways.
I also learned other things about Spanish speaking countries in general. That some eat Guinea Pig for example, that they have no problem talking about other's body parts (like saying someone has a big nose or big butt) and that insults can be quite over-the-top compared to ours. I really enjoyed this book and some day when I go to Spain or Mexico I'll brush up and talk slang.
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The book is divided into the following chapters: Howdy Spanish, Friendly Spanish, Party Spanish, Body Spanish, Horny Spanish, Angry Spanish, Poppy Spanish, Sporty Spanish and Hungry Spanish.
Unlike the other Dirty Language Series, there isn't one way to speak Spanish so when something is only said in one or two Spanish speaking countries, there are short forms given. So a legend at the beginning of the book tells you that for instance that Mex is Mexico and Cub is Cuba. There is also a short pronunciation guide because they assume if you want to know slang you know the basics of pronunciation anyways.
I also learned other things about Spanish speaking countries in general. That some eat Guinea Pig for example, that they have no problem talking about other's body parts (like saying someone has a big nose or big butt) and that insults can be quite over-the-top compared to ours. I really enjoyed this book and some day when I go to Spain or Mexico I'll brush up and talk slang.
To see this review including quotes from book go here.
July 24, 2012
Spanish you're not going to find in the typical Spanish dictionary. Not for the faint of heart, but really funny and interesting. The examples were crude, and I found myself laughing inappropriately!
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June 11, 2010haha what a funny way the Spanish have of speaking!! cant wait to put these new phrases into use or hear them in conversation!!!
July 3, 2011
not limited to sexual - mostly ammo for sitting around shooting the shit.
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