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Spanish
Dictionaries
A good dictionary is one of the most important tools for Spanish students.
There is a great selection of free dictionaries available online,
but it's also a good idea to have a program or two on your computer and
maybe even an old-fashioned paper copy for your desk.
Spanish Dictionaries
 If
you spend most of your time on the computer, dictionary software is a
much better option than a book. Word Magic's
Spanish dictionary and
tools is an excellent suite of programs, including translations, idioms,
synonyms, antonyms, and verb conjugations. You can search by word or by
phrase, in Spanish and English. |
The
Harper Collins Robert hardcover includes more than
130,000 entries. It lists both American and British English, and indicates
whether terms are specific to certain regions of the Spanish-speaking world.
Harper-Collins
Spanish Dictionary
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If
the above dictionary is too big for your purposes, there is a pocket
version by the same publishers. It includes the same features as the
hardcover, but is considerably smaller, with about 70,000 entries.
Harper-Collins
Pocket Spanish Dictionary
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If you are serious about becoming fluent in
Spanish, you'll need to invest in a Spanish-only dictionary: get into the habit of
looking things up and reading the Spanish definition, rather than looking up
translations.
El
Diccionario de la Lengua española
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Online Spanish Dictionaries
This dictionary can be used right here - just choose
Spanish-to-English or English-to-Spanish, type your word, and hit
enter to see the translation.
Audio Dictionary
The Spanish audio dictionary contains more than 700 alphabetical entries, each with a
Spanish word or expression, sound file, English translation, and link to additional
information.
Diccionario de
español
Type a Spanish word to see its part of speech, any derivations, and a list
of definitions. Spanish only.
La
Enciclopedia.com
Choose between regular, visual, and specialized dictionaries. You must
register to be able to use this site - it's free for 30 days.
SpanishDICT.com
Online English-Spanish-English audio dictionary, with more than 56,000
entries, about 15% of which include audio.
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