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If a native Spanish speaker were to tell you that the pez gordo (fat fish) met a merengue (meringue) with lots of pasta (noodles) who is going to become his media naranja (half an orange), you may not know whether to offer your condolences or your congratulations — that is, unless you’ve read this first book in David Burke’s Street Spanish series. Street Spanish 1 lets you quickly become an insider by presenting some of the most popular slang terms used throughout the many Spanish-speaking countries. With the help of entertaining dialogues, word games and drills, crossword puzzles, and word searches, you’ll finally be able to understand the everyday language used on the street, in homes, offices, stores, and among family and friends.

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Text: English, Spanish
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley (October 9, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471179701
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471179702
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #506,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #53 in  Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > English as a Foreign Language > Slang & Idioms

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad Intro to Spanish Slang, February 17, 2003
By Thomas F. Ogara (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I've owned and used this book for a couple of years, and while it is worth the read, if you need to buy one book of this sort I would go with "Streetwise Spanish" by Mary Gill and Brenda Wegmann. While the format of both books is surprisingly similar, I think that "Streetwise" covers more turf, and does it more entertainingly, than "Street Spanish."
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on Spanish slang, February 17, 2001
By John Moore (St. Michael, BARBADOS, Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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Street Spanish 1 is the best book I have come across on Spanish slang. It provides a wide range of phrases and terms not generally found elsewhere, but which a native speaker would normally use when talking to friends or family, or which often crop up in movies and books. In other words, it teaches the real Spanish that is needed to promote a better understanding when conversing with or listening to native speakers.

The dialogues are made up of the most popular slang expressions that are used in various Hispanic countries, allowing their usage to be observed in context while on the facing pages an English translation is provided for easy reference.

The vocabulary section that comes at the end of every dialogue focuses on each slang term and explains its usage even further by means of additional examples, while synonyms, antonyms and variations used in different countries are included to ensure that a thorough grasp of each term is reached. To gain that extra edge, this book is highly recommended for travellers and students alike.

(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, Argentina, Peru, and Spain, providing a better feel for the language, its speech patterns and the varying pronunciations).

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not your best bet, September 23, 2004
By El Gallo (Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This is a very mediocre slang book, typical of so many that are written from dictionaries instead of real living experience. Half the words are not slang at all...just examining the pages available for free look you see stuff like tropece, nena, platicar that are ordinary speech. No depth, nothing you don't learn in your SPanish class in Iowa.
Additionally, the Spanish itself is faulty---for instance, donanadie instead of dona nadie with tilda over the n in dona.
Not so hot. Better than that "Forbidden" and "Taboo" crap, but really....not for the serious speaker.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Lively and Interactive Books on Spanish Slang EVER!
Sr. Burke, take a bow! This book, the first of three, is a delight to read. I speak Spanish, so I always recommend his works to students who are making the transition from the... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Useless and non-professional
Heavily infested with comments and explanations in English that constantly distract and do not allow to think in Spanish. Read more
Published on August 3, 2006 by Alexey Batichtchev

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
A very helpful book for those wanting to learn how to speak the street Spanish and learn the buzz words. It puts you in the groove to be the hippest of your group. Read more
Published on June 26, 2006 by Larry Hunt

4.0 out of 5 stars Use it, but with caution
I've learned a lot of vocabulary from this book and it's amusing and well arranged. The fact that many of the expressions are not really 'slang' from the streets but just everyday... Read more
Published on January 26, 2006 by Brian Harris

3.0 out of 5 stars It's A Slang Thang!
What I like most about this book is that it tells you from which countries the Spanish slang words come from. Read more
Published on September 8, 2004 by Frank Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars El Espanol de las Calles
I've had numerous copies of the 501 Spanish Verbs, and of Street Spanish 1 & 2. (now it's time to add #3. Read more
Published on September 5, 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Street spanish gets a thumbs UP!
Street Spanish tremendously improved my vocabulary of street slang as well as basic Spanish words. I know more slang than my Hispanic friends! Read more
Published on February 23, 2000 by Calamazon Cole

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