{"product_id":"mierda-isbn-9780452264243","title":"Mierda!","description":"A collection of hard-core curses, colorful colloquialisms, and streetwise slang never taught in Spanish class includes sample conversations, painless quizzes, tips on body gestures, and discussions of Spanish history, culture, and cuisine—complete with delightful cartoons.MierdaPreface\u003cbr\u003eHelpful Hints\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The Basics \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth Proper and Profane\u003cbr\u003eLikely Subjects to Be Roundly Cursed\u003cbr\u003eEveryday Necessities\u003cbr\u003eSuper Snippets\u003cbr\u003ePronouncing, Pros and Cons\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. The Many Ways of Dirty Self-Expression \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst, That Mierda Word\u003cbr\u003eOther Vulgarisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. The Body \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunctional and Graphic\u003cbr\u003eMore Politely...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Sex, Everybody? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e¡Cómo No!\u003cbr\u003eFrom Carnal Knowledge to Mother Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Filthy Flights of Fancy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr, How to Get Even with Your Car, Spanish Style\u003cbr\u003eHow to Completely Fuck Up Your Pet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. No, I Am Not a Turista! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr, Where the Holy Hell Am I?\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Night Before to the Morning After\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. The Graces \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr, How to Turn Good Clean Fun into Devilish Dirt\u003cbr\u003eJust Hanging Out and Shooting the Mierda!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Sorry, It's Really Big Test Time! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances de Talavera Berger\u003c\/b\u003e has lived in Mexico, Spain, and Los Angeles, California—where she has never been at a loss for words.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt’s true. The \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e Spanish no teacher dared to bring into the classroom is now at your fingertips:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¡AY, MIERDA! COJI EL TREN INCORRECTO.\u003cbr\u003e(Oh, shit, I took the wrong train.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eESTOY EN MARAVILLA QUE TODAVIA VIVO. ¡AY, DIOS, QUE NOCHE BRUTA!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(I’m amazed I’m still alive. Oh, God, what a bitchin’ night!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNO ME FRIEGAS!\u003cbr\u003e(Don’t jerk me around!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOSPECHO QUE TIENEN LOS DOS TODO EL TALENTO EN LA GLORIA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(I think they both have all their brains in their genitals.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¡CHINGATE!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Go have sexual intercourse with yourself!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd dozens more words, phrases, and mini-conversations for everything you always needed to say in Spanish—but nobody ever told you how!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e¡MIERDA!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances de Talavera Berger\u003c\/b\u003e has lived in Mexico, Spain, and Los Angeles, California—where she has never been at a loss for words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e¡MIERDA!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Spanish You Were Never Taught in School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby\u003cbr\u003eFrances de Talevera Berger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Michael Heath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastilian!\u003c\/i\u003e The very sight of the word still gives you fits, doesn’t it? Remember the mind-boggling struggles with that too inflexible, autocratic dialect which, for obvious reasons, will always be the basis for teaching Spanish? Sure, you’ve studied very hard and the pitfalls of those lispy \u003ci\u003ecetas\u003c\/i\u003e and mystifying \u003ci\u003etildes\u003c\/i\u003e have been hurdled. You feel you have a reasonable, functional command of Spanish. But do you? Think back a little. Remember that Argentinian art film you could barely understand? Or how about the latest East L.A. salsa flick, supposedly in English but very heavy on Latino slang? Might as well be listening to Martian, right? Worse still, relive that mortifying moment on your first trip to Mexico when, awestruck by the grandeur of the world’s largest pyramid, you gave vent to ecstasy in your best scholarly Spanish—while two natives nearby stared first at you, then at each other, and then politely but so disdainfully rolled their eyes toward heaven!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, stop fretting. Basically, the problem is that your Spanish is probably too prim, too proper, too formal for just plain necessary communication. You weren’t taught the colorful dirty words and fanciful phrases that are the heart and soul of this multiregional, dynamic language. Why, normal Hispanic usage practically \u003ci\u003edemands\u003c\/i\u003e heavy doses of superb \u003ci\u003evulgarismo\u003c\/i\u003e (slang) and a heady repertoire of hard-core curses! Here, then, is an introductory guide to basic profanities without, however, any pretense toward the dogmatic or definitive. So hang in there—and you’ll learn how everyday Spanish is \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e spoken, all the way from Pamplona to Tierra del Fuego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelpful Hints\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsterisks after words indicate a degree of dirtiness beyond the ordinary colloquial. A one-asterisk word may be used casually, but with moderation. As for the two-asterisk word, don’t let it fill you with stark horror. Try it out, here and there. Play with it, cleverly. Go on, be brave. You’ll soon find that the trick is to use it at just the right time \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e for just the right circumstance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not directly translatable, English definitions are given as close an equivalent as possible. But don’t worry, the intent and flavor remain unspoiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn abbreviation will appear if a word or phrase is used mainly in the vernacular of a particular region or country: Spain = SPN; Mexico = MX; Puerto Rico = PR; East Los Angeles = ELA; Panama = PAN; Colombia = COL; Argentina = ARG; West Indies = W IND; Central America = C AMR; Cuba = CU. Also, since a majority of Hispanics concentrated in the American Northeast and Southwest are inventing a robust, ribald dialect of their own, \u003ci\u003eSpanglish\u003c\/i\u003e will be indicated as SPNGL when apropos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Basics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth Proper and Profane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven the most common words have much juicier colloquial counterparts. Hispanics take great pride in applying as many words as possible to any and all objects—vegetable, mineral, and human. And if the language should fail to describe or impart one’s exact meaning, there is no hesitation whatsoever to invent words, borrowing freely snips and pieces from other dialects and even from other languages. This isn’t considered a bad habit. (Let the purists be damned!) On the contrary, it’s applauded as imaginative and artistic. To a Latino, born with the compulsion of a poet, the most important thing in the world is to get his or her meaning across.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe begin with the proper—the lofty Castilian of the \u003ci\u003ehidalgos\u003c\/i\u003e—but then adjust quickly, of course, to the necessary and inventive profanities of the modern Hispanic tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable id=\"tt1\" class=\"tab1\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class=\"td1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003euna mujer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003euna guapa\u003c\/b\u003e (handsome—nice)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003euna mamita*\u003c\/b\u003e (in this case, not nice)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305518092517,"sku":"NP9780452264243","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452264243.jpg?v=1767732660","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mierda-isbn-9780452264243","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}