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Speaking chileno: a guide to chilean slang

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Una completa y divertida guía de slang chileno, traducida al inglés a modo de diccionario de expresiones.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 15, 2010

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Jared Romey

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Suffering a typical 9-5 existence, Jared's foray into lunch-hour Spanish shook up his mundane life. He quit his job, stopped by briefly to school, and then left his country...for 14 years. Early stumblings in real-world Spanish taught him that a cola isn't just a soft drink, bicho doesn't always mean a bug, and boludo may be heartfelt or middle-finger felt. Nine countries, three startups, two bestsellers and a Puerto Rican wife later, he is still confounded by how many Spanish words exist for "panties." His quest is to discover all those words. In between, he meanders, dabbles in languages, drinks wine and sells shampoo.

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November 3, 2024
Está entretenido y me gusta el concepto, pero deberían haberle dado otra vueltita a algunas cosas, no sólo a las erratas, que hay varias. He intercambiado opiniones con colegas chilenos, y creemos que el libro está algo desfasado. Entiendo que es consecuencia del propio lenguaje, pero a veces parecía un compendio de insultos machistas y homófobos. La sociedad chilena es más que eso, especialmente después de las tesis y todas las revueltas. Aún así lo he disfrutado y me ha ayudado a comprender mejor a mis chilenitos favoritos.
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