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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language since 1998

Don't understand slang? Ask a native speaker

Sunday March 28, 2004
There are few types of Spanish more difficult to understand or to translate than slang and colloquialisms. Even large dictionaries often don't help. Fortunately, a number of the people who frequent our forum are native Spanish speakers, and they're more than willing to help you make sense of difficult-to-understand dialogue. Here is an example.

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