What They Didn’t Teach You in Spanish Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More

Learn all the Spanish slang and up-to-date phrases you always wanted to know in this handy English-Spanish phrasebook for modern travelers.

Chilling with an ice-cold cerveza at a beach bar...
Dancing at CDMX’s hottest salsa club...
Screaming your head off at the Copa América...

Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in Latin America’s everyday language.

- What’s up? Qué tal?
- What a hottie! Que cuerazo!
- Let’s pound these shots. Tráguemonos estos traguitos.
- That ref sucks. Es una mierda ese árbitro/a.
- I’m craving all-you-can-eat tacos. Me antoja un poco de taquiza libre.
- Do you wanna hook up? Quieres ligar?

Juan Caballero is a doctoral candidate in Comparative literature. His studies have spanned the Argentine novel, psychoanalysis, sadomasochism, linguistics, film noir, third-world aesthetics, and socialist revisionism. He is a lifelong Californian and avid backpacker whose passions include competitive eating, contemporary art, and noise music.