Making Out in Spanish

Making Out in Spanish is a fun, accessible and thorough Spanish phrase book and guide to the Spanish language as it's really spoken.

If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to Latin America or Spain and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Spanish phrasebook makes this possible. Making Out in Spanish has been carefully designed to act as a guide to modern colloquial Spanish for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy Spanish expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the Latin script, each expression is now given in phonetics, making pronunciation a breeze. (For example, Buana idea! is also written as BWE-na ee-DE-a!).

This Spanish phrasebook includes:

• Information about Latin American Spanish vs. Spain Spanish as well as regional dialects
• A guide to pronouncing Spanish words correctly
• Explanations of basic Spanish grammar, such as question forms, male vs. female, formal vs. informal and vowel stress
• Complete Spanish translations including phonetic script
• Useful and interesting notes on Spanish language and culture
• Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks