El Colibrí

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...

Provides coverage of over ninety thousand words and phrases and 130,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, as well as sections on grammar, culture, and communication.

The contributions gathered in this volume take a fresh look at the medieval history of women, revealing the many faces of female reality during an extremely dynamic period—while individuality was on the rise, new linguistic codes (vernacular languages) and innovative literary genres were emerging, and the political situation was undergoing deep changes. The book is structured in three interrelated sections: The first is dedicated to "Historical femininity" and documents the cultural and literary activities carried out by women from the nobility. The second is about "Authorial femininity"...

Aprende a usar todos los tipos de condicionales en inglés, además de las estructuras hipotéticas con wish. Las frases condicionales son una parte importante de la gramática del inglés, muy útiles para aquellas personas que quieren subir de nivel hasta un intermedio o avanzado. Escrito por el autor de varios libros super ventas en USA, España y América Latina, este libro explica en un español claro y sencillo, todos los tipos de condicionales que existen en inglés, con muchos ejemplos de cada uno. Zero Conditional, primer condicional, segundo condicional, tercer condicional y mixtos, ...