Street Spanish 3: The Best of Naughty Spanish [Paperback]

David Burke (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471179728 | ISBN-13: 978-0471179726 | Publication Date: October 9, 1998 | Edition: 1

You've mastered Spanish slang, conquered popular idioms, yet still feel like an outsider. The reason is simple. You haven't discovered the third piece to understanding everyday spanish: popular expletives and obscenities - those back-alley words and phrases constantly used in movies, books and coversations between native speakers.

STREET SPANISH 3 is the first step-by-step guide of its kind to explore the most comon curses, vulgarities, and obscenities used in many Spanish-speaking countries. Chapters include:
* Dating Slang
* Nonvulgar Insults & Putdowns
* Vulgar Insults & Name-Calling
* Body Parts in Slang
* Sexual Slang

* Bodily Functions, Sounds & Smells
* The Many Uses of "Mierda"
* The Many Uses of "Cagar"
* The Many Uses of "Co?o"
* The Many Uses of "Chingar" & "Joder"



* Being Obscene Unintentionally!




DAVID BURKE is also the author of STREET SPANISH 1: The Best of Spanish Slang; STREET SPANISH 2: The Best of Spanish Idioms; STREET FRENCH 1: The Best of French Slang; STREET FRENCH 2: The Best of French Idioms STREET FRENCH 3: The Best of Naughty French STREET FRENCH SLANG DICTIONARY & THESAURUS all available from Wiley; plus STREET SPEAK & BIZ SPEAK (American slang and idioms).

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

From the Publisher

The colloquial Spanish of everyday conversation and commerce is rarely taught in the language classroom. The Street Spanish Series fills this gap, supplying non-native speakers with the vernacular, vocabulary, and odd constructions needed to avoid embarrassment and communicate effectively in any situation. The third guide provides 10 easy lessons on expletives, euphemisms, and obscenities.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471179728
• ISBN-13: 978-0471179726
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #641,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Burke is the author of over 100 products and books on how to use and understand slang and idioms in different languages. His books are currently used as course curriculum by Berlitz Language Schools, UCLA, Harvard University, New York University (NYU) and Hewlett Packard.

David was brought up in a multi-lingual household and knows English, French, Italian, and American Sign Language. He is also a musician, having worked as a television composer and as the in-house composer for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.

In 1999, David became known as "Slangman" to 90 million listeners in 120 countries due to his regular 5-year segment on Voice of Americas Coast to Coast. Throughout the past 10 years, he has been the owner and CEO of Slangman Publishing, Inc., a publishing company specializing in materials on slang and idioms.

David is also the creator of Slangman's World, a children's TV show, currently in preproduction, which introduces children age 2-6 to the world of foreign languages and cultures, as well as popular American expressions in an environment of music, animation, and magic.

To date, David has appeared in more than 250 national and international radio and television programs helping parents to understand their teens, including; The Jenny Jones Show, The Sharon Osbourne Show, Entertainment Tonight, CNN International, and has been a recurring guest on the KTLA Morning Show and Canada's most popular talk show, the Vicki Gabereau Show. David was also a commentator at the 2004 Academy Awards for the BBCs Five Live (a program broadcasting to 7 million people throughout the United Kingdom) to speak about slang used in American movies and TV shows.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spanish slang at its best, February 16, 2001

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John Moore (St. Michael, BARBADOS, Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Spanish 3: The Best of Naughty Spanish (Paperback)

Street Spanish 3 is a self-study guide to understanding the most common obscenities as they are used in different Spanish Speaking countries, therefore, this book should be an automatic addition to your collection.

Language academies generally ignore obscenities while teaching Spanish, though in real life they are all around us. Students should therefore be trained to recognise them so that they won't end up using terms, which on the surface may seem innocent, but in reality are well-disguised obscenities and insults. Fortunately, the training that is needed to prevent such occurrences can be obtained from the pages of this book, which also provides the knowledge that will allow easy recognition of these `obscene' words, whether they are used in conversations, movies or books.

This self-teaching guide will enable the student to speak with greater confidence. It presents street terms as they would be heard in real life situations through the various dialogues contained in each chapter. As done in volumes 1 and 2, synonyms, antonyms and variations of each term are provided, showing further usages so that a comprehensive mastery of the expressions is quickly acquired.

There is a special section which introduces additional slang phrases that deal with particular areas such as `vulgar insults', `name calling' and `body parts', and to top it off, there are several pages dedicated to the subject of being obscene unintentionally, where common sentences that are used and accepted in one country may have obscene or sexual overtones in another territory. This book is recommended for all travellers and students of Spanish who are serious about protecting themselves from embarrassing situations while at the same time enhancing their knowledge base.

(Having the cassettes, which are not part of the package, would be an added bonus since you would hear the dialogues being spoken by natives of Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Peru, Puerto Rico and Colombia, providing a better feel for the language, its speech patterns and the varying pronunciations).

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Street Spanish 3, October 13, 2005

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J. SENFT (Central Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Spanish 3: The Best of Naughty Spanish (Paperback)

I was somewhat disappointed to find out that this book is remarkably similar (nearly identical) to Street Spanish 2. Had I known this, I certainly would not have purchased 3.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Street Spanish 3, April 30, 2000

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Don Robertson (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Spanish 3: The Best of Naughty Spanish (Paperback)

This is a MUST read for anyone who is even slightly interested in communicating with real Spanish speaking people. The cartoons are well drawn, the scenarios are hilarious, the usage examples are realistic and very funny, the vocabulary is creative and alive, and the variables for differing countries are exact. This book demonstrates the color of Spanish ... but DO NOT take it to church!