Learn the Spanish people actually speak in Latin America.

Most Spanish courses quietly teach the Spanish of Spain — ordenador, coche, zumo, vosotros. This guide teaches the Spanish you will hear from Mexico City to Buenos Aires: computadora, carro, jugo, ustedes.

English–Spanish Conversation Guide is a practical, beginner-friendly handbook for anyone who wants to hold real conversations rather than pass a test. Every phrase appears three ways — in English, in Spanish, and in an easy pronunciation guide written with English spelling — so you can say it out loud from the first page, with no phonetic symbols to decode.

Inside you will find:

66 chapters covering greetings, everyday expressions, questions, numbers, time, travel, food, shopping, work, banking, bureaucracy, health, emergencies and social conversation
Hundreds of realistic dialogues between travellers and locals, customers and waiters, patients and doctors, tenants and landlords, friends and family
A complete pronunciation guide for Latin American Spanish, including seseo, stress rules and the sounds English speakers find hardest
Compact practical grammar — ser vs estar, por vs para, hay vs está, gustar, past and future — with no unnecessary theory
Clear guidance on tú, usted and ustedes, plus an honest explanation of vos and where it is used
Regional vocabulary flagged throughout — the words for bus, car, apartment, avocado and sneakers change from country to country, and this book tells you which is which
Cultural notes on greetings, tipping, punctuality, bargaining, invitations and etiquette, written to describe tendencies rather than stereotypes
Exercises, role-plays and answers in every chapter
Quick-reference sections: survival Spanish, 100 essential phrases, 250 essential words, English↔Spanish word lists, common mistakes and false friends

Written for complete beginners, travellers, expats, students, business travellers and anyone with Spanish-speaking family or friends. Whether you are ordering breakfast in Oaxaca, renting an apartment in Medellín or meeting your partner's grandmother in Buenos Aires, the words are here.

Start speaking today.