3,000 Spanish words and phrases they won't teach you in school
By: Eleanor Hamer & Fernando Díez de Urdanivia
Contributors: Díez de Urdanivia, Fernando, author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781510725362
Subjects: Glossaries, vocabularies; Slang; English; Idioms; Dictionaries; Spanish language
Other titles: Three thousand Spanish words and phrases they will not teach you in school
Notes: Text in English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: 1. Expressions (Common expressions in Spanish ; Common expressions in English ; Proverbs and sayings); title: 2. Slang in Mexico (Common slang expressions ; Not for polite company ; The Mexican albur); title: 3. False cognates (Basic false cognates ; More false cognates ; Is it or isn't it? ; Some special cases ; It's not always the same); title: 4. Grammar hints (Ser and estar ; Para and por, pero and sino ; Dual words ; Some dubious accents ; The diminutive in Spanish ; Abbreviations ; Latin in Spanish ; The use of prepositions ; Homophones ; Pronunciation ; Spelling ; The infamous subjunctive); title: 5. Living in Mexico (Polite phrases ; Modes of address ; On the telephone ; Cultural curioisities ; Pre-Columbian words ; Mexican foosd ; Where are you from?); title: 6. Latin American construction vocabulary.