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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Finally, a dialect dictionary for Spanish

I've been waiting some time now for a way to figure out the differences in Spanish slang. It varies region to region, and country to country. When you travel, you'll hear people using words you think are "wrong" because their actual meaning differs from the slang meaning they're using them in. Plus, there's always the off-chance that you'll say something from your dictionary that means something quite different where you are.

That's where TuBabel comes in. It's a country-coded dictionary of Spanish dialects. Alright! If you know a good deal of Spanish already, it's pretty fun to go through the site and see what means what where.

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