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Hide This Spanish Book (Hide This Book) (English and Spanish Edition)

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you've got to get this book.

Whenever a guy wants to learn a foreign language, he wants to learn the "dirty" words. This books deals with those words, but it's NOT limited to just "dirty" words. Instead, it's more of an updated and real world Spanish phrase / slang book that covers the following subjects:

1. Basic Expressions or "How to say hello without sounding geeky"

2. from Hooking Up to Breaking Up

3. Love and Sex

4. Gay and Lesbian Life

5. Sports and Games

6. Shopping

7. Fashion

8. Body

9. Technology

10. Gossip

11. Food

12. Partying

13. Entertainment

14. Gestures

If you travel to different Spanish speaking countries, the book identifies the words and phrases / slangs that have unique meaning in certain countries, e.g. the word "coger."

If you're a sports fan and you like to attend sporting events, this book explains what the fans are chanting. Words that you won't find in any Spanish dictionary or phrase book.

If you're a female, I strongly recommend this book. When I was traveling through Peru, I meet a woman from Switzerland who was backpacking alone through South America for 6 months. Being alone, she was being harassed by men. A Peruvian woman took pity on her and helped her develop a list of words and phrases to tell guys to leave her alone. She showed me that list. Many of the words and phrases on that list can be found in this book. I think she would have benefited from having this book in her travel.

If you need to know how to pronounce the words and phrases in this book, Berlitz has a website where you can hear it so you can pronounce it correctly:

http://www.berlitzbooks.com/hidethisbook.htm

I personally refrain from using foul language and I'm not impressed with those that do, but the use of foul language is a fact of life even in Spanish speaking countries. You don't have to use it, but you should be able to recognize it especially if it's being directed at you. In the case of the Swiss woman who was traveling alone, her usage of insult and profanity to ward off unwanted attention may have been her only defense when confronted with a harasser.

One final thing. . . this is not a comprehensive book. I'm familiar with a few common Mexican slang / insult words and those words aren't found in this book. Perhaps Berlitz is going to come out with a "Hide This Mexican Spanish Book"?

If you own this book then go to the Berlitz website and download the audio for free. They also have pdf, mp3, games, word cards, and question/answer downloads for all their other products.

First off, if you are offended by vulgarity or terms that refer to sexuality or sexual situations, then pass this one up. OK, now if your not a saint, then i would say this is a good, realistic book, that teachs new things but also lets you see the full prism of spanish conversation. I found it helpful in the parts about online slang terms and such. I think it is good to know some of these words even though you may choose not to use them. So that atleast if you're experiencing them you know what there saying to or about you. overall good book, will bring a smile or a luagh at times, for the price i paid it was worth the try out.

I thought this book was more about dirty language, instead it's pickup lines and slang. Although it does teach a few of the four letter words, there's no actual section that just lists those words. It has helped me though getting a better understanding of what some of my fellow spanish speaking employees are talking about.

This book is great -- it thoroughly addresses the different slang words you would want to know. It doesn't give every word, and some of the translations are a teensy bit off ("tengo un sed" instead of "tengo sed" for "I am thirsty") but nothing's perfect. A great buy!

Nice book. I am a Spanish teacher and from time to time i use it with students who seem to enjoy learning new vocabulary.

Learned some handy things from this book that I used in my travels throughout South America! Be careful when and where you use them though!

she loved it mad me happy. tells you all the other stuff to say in spanish way funny