Washington, Mar 07 : Hollywood actress Charlize Theron is keen to learn Spanish, after she learnt to abuse in the language while filming her forthcoming flick.

The ‘That Thing You Do’ actress was taught a few swear words by Mexican director Guillermo Arriaga, while they were filming the ‘The Burning Plain’ together.

Theron is now said to be desperate to learn the language, and pick up some basic phrases in the language.

"Of course he taught me the dirty stuff! I had this fantasy, ''cos I''ve always wanted to learn Spanish, that I would learn Spanish before I shot the movie with him, that he would be really impressed with me, that he could direct me in Spanish but of course it never happened,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

"I''m really embarrassed to say that I don''t speak Spanish, I''ve lived in California for eight years and I just think it should be a prerequisite, you should be able to speak Spanish if you live in California,” she added. (ANI)