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| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5373 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 1 of 11 11 September 2012 at 2:55am | IP Logged |
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What is/are the best book/s on Spanish idioms? Edited by James29 on 11 September 2012 at 2:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 11 11 September 2012 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
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I have bought the "Big red book of of Spanish Idioms", and I like it. It goes both ways, so that you can find Spanish equivalents to English ideoms and viceversa. The only problem s that it is too big to carry around in a pocket.
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| Goindol Senior Member United States Joined 6072 days ago 165 posts - 203 votes | Message 3 of 11 11 September 2012 at 2:25pm | IP Logged |
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Hi James, two books I like are Barron's Spanish Idioms book, and The Ultimate Spanish Phrase Finder. The advantage
of the Barron's book is its portability, while the Ultimate Spanish Phrase Finder is larger and more complete. I prefer to study idioms on the go, and therefore prefer the smaller Barron's. I don't know if they're the best books for Spanish idioms, but I think they should serve the needs of most Spanish learners well. http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Idioms-Barrons-Foreign-Languag e/dp/0764135570/ http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Spanish-Phrase-Finder/dp/ 0071433031/ 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5373 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 4 of 11 12 September 2012 at 3:09am | IP Logged |
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These responses are very helpful. I appreciate your thoughts. I have seen the Barrons one and it does look pretty good. I have heard of the Big Red one, but I have not seen it. I will look into the "ultimate" one in more detail. The one that caught my eye recently at the bookstore was a brand new one by Merriam-Webster. It looked like it would be interesting to read and it was only a couple bucks. I went online to buy it and I found a bunch of other idioms books and got concerned about which would be the best to buy. Knowing me I will probably end up buying all of them. Anyway, thanks much for your input and any other suggestions are welcome.
Edit: the "ultimate" book and the big red book both look great. Thanks again. Edited by James29 on 12 September 2012 at 3:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5373 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 5 of 11 15 October 2013 at 2:52pm | IP Logged |
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I am again looking at books on Spanish idioms.
I recenetly finished Cassell's Colloquial Spanish as recommended by Randomreview from this forum. I highly recommend this book. I am now looking at the above mentioned books and also the "Red Hot Book on Spanish Slang and Idioms" which looks great. I would appreciate any further input anyone has before I dive into another one of these types of books. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5781 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 6 of 11 15 October 2013 at 7:29pm | IP Logged |
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I kind of like Mexican Spanish and so am a bit curious about the two "Speaking Spanish like a native"
books by Brad Kim, which I have heard are essentially something like the Keenan and Cassell books, but for colloquial Mexican. I actually have the "Ultimate Spanish Phrasefinder" book: great reference book but far too big (comprehensive) and dry for me to try and learn systematically from. It's worth buying as a reference tool (how do I say X in Spanish?"); but I'd probably get something else as well if you want something to use like the Keenan book. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5373 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 7 of 11 15 October 2013 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
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Cool. That "Speaking Spanish Like a Native" looks good. I am not really super interested in Mexican Spanish, but, that is the type of book I need and Spanish is Spanish. I like these types of books that are essentially vocabulary books written mostly in English. They are great for low intensity study time... like on the beach or in the gym.
If anyone has experience with the Red Hot Book on Spanish Slang and Idioms I'd be interested to hear it. The free preview on Amazon makes it look great. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 8 of 11 16 October 2013 at 12:46am | IP Logged |
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I have these:
1. The Ultimate Spanish Phrase Finder 2. Diccionario Fraseológico del Habla Argentina 1 person has voted this message useful |
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