Excellent Book to have. | Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary

One of the Best on the Market!! | Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary

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	• Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary Merriam-Webster, 2002 - 800 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This is not an unabridged dictionary

In terms of value for money, this is a very good dictionary, but do not expect too much. I bought the dictionary to help me work through a recent spanish novel set in the middle ages and written in a literary style. About half of the words I looked up were not listed in this dictionary.

Excellent Book to have.

The title says it all. I like that it's written for english/spanish and spanish/english. I bought a second book for someone who speaks spanish and is taking english classes in school. She said it helps her a lot. It works for both of us. Definitely get this book.

One of the Best on the Market!!

This dictionary is simply excellent. It's one of the best bilingual English-Spanish/Spanish-English dictionaries I've ever seen on the market - better than VOX's, Cassell's, Oxford, and other brands. The reason it's better is because the definitions are clearer, more precise, and easier to use. The dictionary is laid out in the typical Merriam-Webster format. Example phrases are given with many definitions, and definitions of idioms are also given under word entries, with the idioms highlighted in bold.

Since Spanish pronunciation is very regular, the dictionary doesn't give any pronunciations to the words, but the English words all have standard IPA pronunciations.

This dictionary, though, seems to be aimed slightly more at native English speakers. There is a good overview of Spanish grammar and pronunciation at the front, but there is no English grammar tutorial in Spanish. Also, the appendices all have English headings, and so does the preface. Disregarding the front and back matter, though, the English-Spanish part of the dictionary is an excellent decoder of the English language for Spanish speakers, while also helpful for English speakers (some other dictionaries, like Langenscheidt, specifically designs one of their sections to either "decode" or "express" another language, but this dictionary does both). In the English-Spanish section, examples of English idioms are given to help Spanish speakers, and vice versa.

I really found this to be an dispensable resource. Looking up a word is really fast, and you get a clear, accurate, precise, and Merriam-Webster styled translation. ?Muy bien!

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Great Reference

I have to write in Spanish occasionally for work and this is an easy-to-use reference book. It will be a main guide for me. Great.

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