Lonely Planet Mexican Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary

Your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Latin American Spanish phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order Mexican delicacies at restaurants, bargain for the best price at markets, and discuss Mayan history with the locals—all with your trusted travel companion.

This pocket-sized comprehensive language guide helps you get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation. Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary, and be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology.

Full-color throughout with a user-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories, this phrasebook includes survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance help, plus convenient features like "5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go," "10 Phrases to Sound like a Local," and shortcuts to help you remember key alternatives. Covers all the basics from time and dates to pronunciation and grammar, plus practical sections on travel, sightseeing, business, and transport. You'll find social phrases for meeting people, going out, and discussing culture, as well as safe travel essentials for emergencies and medical situations, and comprehensive food vocabulary for ordering at restaurants, markets, and bars.