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The street-wise Spanish survival guide : a dictionary of over 3,000 slang expressions, proverbs, idioms, and other tricky English and Spanish words and phrases translated and explained / Eleanor Hamer and Fernando Díez de Urdanivia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamer, Eleanor.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish language--Slang--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Spanish language.
- Spanish language--Idioms--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Spanish language--Dictionaries--English.
- Spanish language--Idioms.
- Spanish language--Slang.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Controlled vocabularies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 486 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Skyhorse Pub., [2008]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- About the authors
- About this book
- Symbols
- Authors' acknowledgments
- 1: Expressions
- A: Common expressions in Spanish
- 1: Verbs
- 2: Expressions used as part of a sentence (non-verbs)
- 3: Stand-alone expressions
- B: Common expressions in English
- 2: Expressions used as part of a sentence
- C: Proverbs and sayings
- 1: In Spanish
- 2: In English
- 2: Slang In Mexico
- A: Common slang expressions
- 2: Slang expressions uses as part of a sentence (non-verbs)
- 3: Stand-alone slang expressions
- B: Not for polite society
- C: Mexican Albur
- 3: False Cognates
- A: Basic false cognates
- 1: Spanish-English
- 2: English-Spanish
- B: More false cognates
- C: Is it or isn't it
- D: Some special cases
- E: It's not always the same
- 4: Grammar Hints
- A: SER and ESTAr
- B: PARA and POR; PERO and SINO
- C: Dual words
- D: Some dubious accents
- E: Diminutive in Spanish
- F: Abbreviations
- G: Latin words in Spanish
- H: Use of prepositions
- I: Homophones
- J: Proununcuation
- 1: Consonants
- 2: Pronunciation of vowels
- K: Spelling
- L: Infamous subjunctive
- 1: Simple tense
- 2: Compound tenses
- 3: Pluperfect subjunctive
- 5: Living In Mexico
- A: Polite phrases
- 1: Introductions
- 2: Greetings
- 3 Leave-taking
- 4: Other politenesses
- B: Modes of address
- C: On the telephone
- D: Cultural curiosities
- 1: Ways of speaking
- 2: Pets and animals
- 3: Manners matter
- 4: Buen Provecho!
- 5: Meal times
- 6: El Abrazo
- 7: Dress
- 8: Planta Baja! Por Favor
- 9: Say it with your hands
- 10: Greasing of the palm
- 11: Compadre!
- 12: Bargaining
- 13: Measurements
- 14: Surnames
- 15: Tu or Usted?
- 16: Driving
- 17: Christmas
- 18: Mexican attitude towards death
- E: Pre-Columbian words
- F: Mexican food
- G: Where are you from?
- 6: Latin American Construction Vocabulary.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781628730326
- 1628730323
- Publisher Number:
- 99990104489
- 2759589
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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