Comments on: 70+ Salvadoran Slang Words and Phrases You Need to Know! https://lorenaylennox.com/salvadoran-spanish-words/ Raising Bilingual Children Through Play Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lorena https://lorenaylennox.com/salvadoran-spanish-words/#comment-1550 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:25:25 +0000 https://lorenaylennox.com/?p=14070#comment-1550 In reply to Linn.

Hi Linn,

Thank you for commenting! I absolutely agree with your comment. My intention with this post is to not encourage language learners to go out and use these words, but rather to help navigate conversations more easily if they are around Salvadoran Spanish speakers.

]]> By: Linn https://lorenaylennox.com/salvadoran-spanish-words/#comment-1549 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:18:39 +0000 https://lorenaylennox.com/?p=14070#comment-1549 My personal advice after learning Castilian Spanish in school, actually learning to speak Spanish with migrant farmworkers, seven years in Cali, Colombia (where I learned an entirely new Spanish vocabulary), and now 30 years back in California working with Hispanics from a dozen different countries-know your audience and setting before you try out new slang phrases. You don’t want to come across as overly familiar or even vulgar. People often have different linguistic expectations of foreigners who speak Spanish, as in you might be better educated (in the formal sense) and they might be surprised if something unexpected is coming out of your mouth.
Cultural competency and linguistic competency are equally important.

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