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    Try ending a command in your most pissed off officer presence voice with "puto/putos"=fag/mofo.

    As in "Manos arriba PUTO! Try it next time and see the response.

    Also catch some George Lopez standup acts on YouTube for education and entertainment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by currahee View Post
    That's great stuff, and I will amend my list with an eye towards making an actual resource.

    (I was wondering about "sangria" I've had it a few times)

    we need more stuff to be translated that was just off the top of my head.
    Just returned from a 2+ month stay in Panama, and I had mucho sangria. It's not a Panamanian drink BTW, but there's a great Spanish place down the st from my condo.

    I found the Pimsler method quite effective for helping with basic conversational spanish, which came recommended by friend. I started with this for $30:

    http://www.amazon.com/Latin-American...msleur+spanish

    Helped me a ton. I'm far from fluent, but can at least get the basic essential stuff out (food, drink, bathroom, etc). I have heard generally good things about Rosseta Stone, but expensive.

    Only word I could think of to add that as essential emergency words probably important to know is "pain" = dolor

    If you are someone is injured and it's not apparent where, you can point and say "dolor!" or ask them "dolor?"
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    Tira el arma.

    I wouldn't phrase it that way. By saying that, you're also telling them to discharge their weapon!

    That's the tricky thing about Spanish. Verbs, such as tirar, can and do mean a whole lot of different things.

    Instead, I would say-

    Déjalo caer! or if you want it to be specific to a gun you can say, "Déjala caer el arma."

    Dejar is a verb for "to drop" or "to allow"
    Caer is a verb for "to fall"
    The "lo" or "la" refers to whatever they have.

    So, literally, you're telling them to "Allow it to fall" or "Let it fall." But it means "drop it."

    But of course, there are a myriad of ways to say the same thing. The above is just how I would say it.
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    The Border Book is a good start. It's small, fits in your pocket.

    http://www.itstactical.com/store/book/border-book/
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    Pilot,

    Looks good. Thanks for sharing. Are the pages durable? Might have to get one.

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    I always heard put "wey" on the end of each sentence.
    ^^ Read with southern accent !^^ and blame all grammatical errors on Alabama's public school system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pilotguyo540 View Post
    The Border Book is a good start. It's small, fits in your pocket.

    http://www.itstactical.com/store/book/border-book/
    Nice, thanks for sharing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunchbox View Post
    I always heard put "wey" on the end of each sentence.
    Ha! Only if you want to be about as offensive as possible!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Awesome1228 View Post
    Ha! Only if you want to be about as offensive as possible!
    Ha I was wondering if anybody would catch this.. I guess you can tell the type that taught me my Honduran-ish.. I specifically don't speak the little Spanish I can out of fear of being slapped/stabbed/or shot...or all of the above.
    ^^ Read with southern accent !^^ and blame all grammatical errors on Alabama's public school system.
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