The Red-hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms 5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spanish spanish/English English/Spanish

Don't sound likeuna momia--add a little sizzle to your Spanish!If someone called youtragaldabaswould you be insulted or flattered? If you shoutediMota!in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks toThe Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you'll always know yourtejemaneje(scheme) from yourmerequetengue(mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases--plus helpful hints as to what's cordial and what's vulgar--keep you in sync with Spanish slang.Spanish to Englishniuos popis (upper-class kids)Spoiled brats Contigo ni a China me voy. (I'm not even going to China with you)You're impossible La cruda (rawness)HangoverEnglish to Spanish Ugly as sinser un espantapagrave;jaro (to be a scarecrow) To be luckytener leche (to have milk) Why are you staring at me?Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my face?)Wegmann, Brenda is the author of 'The Red-hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms 5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spanish spanish/English English/Spanish', published 2006 under ISBN 9780071433013 and ISBN 0071433015.