What They Didn't Teach You in Spanish Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More

by Juan Caballero

Overview

Learn all the Spanish slang and up-to-date phrases you always wanted to know in this handy English-Spanish phrasebook for modern travelers.

Chilling with an ice-cold cerveza at a beach bar...
Dancing at CDMX’s hottest salsa club...
Screaming your head off at the Copa América...

Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in Latin America’s everyday language.

• What’s up? ¿Qué tal?
• What a hottie! ¡Que cuerazo!
• Let’s pound these shots. Tráguemonos estos traguitos.
• That ref sucks. Es una mierda ese árbitro/a.
• I’m craving all-you-can-eat tacos. Me antoja un poco de taquiza libre.
• Do you wanna hook up? ¿Quieres ligar?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646043958
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	291,616
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Juan Caballero is a doctoral candidate in Comparative literature. His studies have spanned the Argentine novel, psychoanalysis, sadomasochism, linguistics, film noir, third-world aesthetics, and socialist revisionism. He is a lifelong Californian and avid backpacker whose passions include competitive eating, contemporary art, and noise music.

Table of Contents

Using This Book 9

Chapter 1 Meet & Greet 14

Chapter 2 Friends & Enemies 33

Chapter 3 Booze, Bars, & Clubs 51

Chapter 4 Sexy Body, Ugly Body 73

Chapter 5 Nice a Naughty 92

Chapter 6 Smack Talk 109

Chapter 7 Pop Culture & Technology 125

Chapter 8 Sports & Games 142

Chapter 9 Food & Drink 157

Acknowledgments 181

About the Author 183