Sunday, February 24, 2008

Madrid!

City Guides:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/travel/tmagazine/03place.opener.13.t.html

An excerpt- THE GLOSSARY: What they never taught you in Spanish 101.

Guay (gwhy) Cool.

Cojonudo (ko-ho-NOO-doh) Better than cool.

Me mola (may MO-la) Love it!

Alucino (ah-lu-THEE-no) Can't believe it!

Paso (PAH-so) Couldn't care less.

Juerguista (hwer-GHEE-stah) Party animal.

Cutre (KOO-tray) Seedy, lacking class. Sometimes used affectionately, as in, “Sometimes the most cutre places serve the best tapas.”

Ligar (lee-GAR) To pick up someone.

Hortera (or-TER-ah) Flashy, tacky, kitschy.

Fashion (FASH-yohn) Trendy, obsessed with the latest. Used as an adjective, not necessarily related to clothing, as in, “The people who hang out in Chueca are really fashion.”

Gente guapa (HEN-tay GWA-pah) Beautiful people.

Pijo (PEE-ho) A posh and conservative type, as in, “That party at the golf club was crawling with pijos.”

http://www.timeout.com/travel/madrid

http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/spain/madrid/overview.html

Logistical Info:

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=welcome (Dictionary)

http://www.softguides.com/madrid_guide/eatingout/food_dictionary.html (Food)

http://www.madrid-mad.com/ (Airport)

http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic (Currency Exchange)

Other:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/cultural_notes/

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