Product Description

The largest mass market Spanish/English, English/Spanish dictionary available 3.3 million Signet copies in print Includes over 70,000 entries More thatn 3,000 entries have been addes, expanded, or rewritten to reflect contemporary Spanish vocabulary

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13153 in Books
• Published on: 1996-08-01
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1376 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780451181688
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
This presents an extensively revised, enlarged second edition to the prior student reference classic, over 3,000 new entries and translations reflecting recent changes in business, technology, medicine and other areas. An essential reference addition for any library including foreign language materials. -- Midwest Book Review

Customer Reviews

Great bargain, clear, bold text, idioms, grammar, and CD !
Foreign language study stops for many students when they get tired of flipping through vocabularies and dictionaries. Finally a publisher has combined a great text with today's technology. Wow! Speed beyond any reasonable expectation. Instant definitions Spanish to English or vice versa. If you are serious about Spanish study, get this bargain ASAP. Let's hope the concept of dictionary with CD takes hold fast

¡un clásico verdadero!
Among bilingual English/Spanish dictionaries, this is the one that fulfills all needs. It has an excellent list of words, and clearly indicates gender and uses (as nouns, adjectives...). The explanation of prefixes and suffixes is particularly useful, and frequently is neglected in such dictionaries. Best of all is the summary of grammar which, although brief, is amazingly comprehensive. The paperback version is compact enough to be convenient for travellers through the Americas, and the pronunciation guides are effective in both directions (if you read the explanation of the phonetic symbols).

HANDY--BUT NOT FOR LITTLE HANDS
As a 3rd grade bilingual teacher, Spanish/English dictionaries are a must in the classroom. This volume is more than adequate--you are certain to get your money's worth, as far as finding the exact "sense" of the word you are looking for. The only problem, is that it is quite thick for a paperback volume. It is one of those books where you hold down the excess with your opposite forearm while trying to judge the thickness of how much to turn in order to get to the desired letter with the fingers of both hands. If you have little fingers using it, it will very quickly curl up from both front and back. If you are a backpack-toting dictionary-hauler, or if you read anywhere other than at a flat surface while using your dictionary, it might be a little easier going to to Merriam Webster's--which is a bit smaller in thickness, but works quite well. I have found the New World dictionary even bulky for me--a petite adult. As far as content quality, however, there is no better buy for the money.