³ÉÈËÂÛ̳

Servants' board and lodging

I found an old Spanish phrase book when clearing out a box. It's very old-fashioned and politically not quite correct. Here are some examples: ¿Quiere usted cerrar la escotilla? - Would you close the port-hole? ¿Le apetecen angulas rebozadas? - How about some eels in batter? Límpieme los zapatos. - Clean my shoes, will you? And my favourite: ¿Cuánto cobran ustedes por la pension de los criados? - How much do you charge for servants' board and lodging?

Sent by: Catherine

Comments

Indira 2011-08-01

Tell me who are your friend ...and I will know who you are...dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres

Flag this comment

Share this page

Open/close

Related Links

On bbc.co.uk/languages

12-weeks email tips

Quick fix phrases 36 languages

Teachers and tutors

On bbc.co.uk

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Schools

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Learning

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service Learning English

Elsewhere

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is not responsible for the content of external sites

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iD

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ navigation

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ © 2014 The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.