Colombian Spanish: Phrases, expressions and tips to help you speak like a local

“Juan David was throwing dogs at an old woman”. “Diana met a monkey on a goat”.

Try and translate Colombian slang literally and you’ll rapidly come to wonder what the hell everybody is talking about.

Help is at hand in the form of this innovative and comprehensive eBook guide to the Spanish spoken in Colombia.

Written by Peter Low -- a long-term Colombia expat and editor of the ColombianSpanish.co blog -- the publication is positively packed full of tips to help you move away from speaking ‘gringo Spanish’, to mastering the language as it is actually spoken in Colombia.

Unlike most language books, which contain nothing but grammar and written exercises, Colombian Spanish is an easily accessible tour through the language heard in everyday social situations in the country.

The book explains how to use hundreds of 'colombianismos', and provides all the linguistic tools you’ll need to make friends, date, charm and joke around with the locals. Don't leave for Colombia without it.