Five Hundred and One Spanish Verbs

Seminar paper del año 2008 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,3, Universität zu Köln (Historisches Seminar I - Abteilung für Iberische und Lateinamerikanische Geschichte), Materia: Simón Bolívar, Geschichte und Mythos, Idioma: Español, Resumen: La figura histórica de Bolívar en Latinoamérica es tan mitoresca que entre tantos mo- numentos que lo representan, incluso los pocos dedicados a otros libertadores, corren con- tinuamente el riesgo de ser confundidos con la figura de Bolívar. Parece ser que la política histórica latinoamericana ha...

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.

This Spanish edition of Becky and Her Friends, by Rolando Hinojosa, is the latest novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas. In this novel, however, Hinojosa focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar. Following her story, Hinojosa explores the world of Latinas: women's culture, language and spirit in the world of the Valley. Delightfully playful in narrative perspective, this story gives the reader a...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...