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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding!,
By sospanyol (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diccionario de Jergas de Habla Hispana (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Wow! This book is a TREASURE! Beautifully written and meticulously researched, it is far and away the most useful of all Spanish slang dictionaries. I disagree that it is only useful to fluent speakers of Spanish or advanced students -- it is also an essential tool for Spanish learners who listen to popular Spanish-language music, those who have native Spanish-speaking friends, ESL teachers, translators (to and from Spanish), Spanish instructors; in short, to anyone interested in the language, from academics to lovers of word play.Jergas de Habla Hispana is a Spanish-Spanish dictionary, not a "learn Spanish" book, but it is an exciting new resource for learners and lovers of the language, a-finger-on-the-pulse compendium of slang and regionalisms from all Spanish-speaking countries -- including the growing "Spanglish" of the US. In the past ten years or so as the US has firmly taken its place as the third-largest Spanish-speaking country, hundreds of new "learn Spanish" books and dictionaries have been published -- many of them, frankly, big yawns... or rip-offs. Jergas de Habla Hispana is all "meat." It's a delight. Buy it!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An exhaustive job,
By Eduardo Gamero (Montevideo, URUGUAY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diccionario de Jergas de Habla Hispana (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Trying to understand people the right way in every country in every situation is quite difficult.Roxana's extensive job was done after 9 years of research work, and will never be finished. The dynamic behavior of human habits is also reflected in their language, and this dynamism is many times more frequent when slang is the matter.This book is for everybody: simple, well explained and plain of examples which make the reader fully understand the meaning of almost all uses of each ord. ------- Tratar de entender a la gente en la manera correcta en cualquier país y en cualquier situación es bastante difícil. El extenso trabajo de Roxana fue realizado después de 9 años de investigación y nunca va a ser finalizado. El comportamiento dinámico de los hábitos humanos se refleja en su lenguaje, y ese dinamismo es muchas veces más frecuente cuando de jergas se trata. Este libro es para todos: simple, bien explicado y lleno de ejemplos que hacen que el lector comprenda completeamente el significado de casi todos los usos de cada palabra.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensible,
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This review is from: Diccionario de Jergas de Habla Hispana (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
I have used (and love) the website that accompanies this book - www.jergasdehablahispana.org - I love that it's organized by country, but you have to click on each letter over and over. Great information, but too much clicking. So...the wonderful solution is this book. I, personally, love the way this is organized. I love having a portable version of the website. And as far as thoroughness, this wins hands down! I have not seen another source in print or online that offers such an extensive collection of Spanish slang and colloquialisms. As an interpreter this ranks as one of my favorite resources.
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