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The Oxford Spanish Dictionary
from: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 463.21
EAN: 9780198604754
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 0198604750
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 2030
Publication Date: July 03, 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
Compiled by expert teams of Spanish and English lexicographers, the Oxford Spanish Dictionary provides the richest, most contemporary coverage of Spanish from around the world. The result of thorough research using sophisticated computer programs to search for new terminology and ensure that all the latest vocabulary from Latin American Spanish and American English is covered, this brand new edition covers over 24 varieties of Spanish as it is written and spoken throughout the Spanish-speaking world-from Spain to Mexico, from Peru to the River Plate.
This groundbreaking edition of the Oxford Spanish Dictionary features 20,000 new entries (10,000 in each language), with the updating focused particularly on business, IT, and scientific terminology. Special entries on life and culture explain the differences between institutions, administrative systems, educational systems, and general life in the Spanish and English-speaking worlds, offering vital background to the language. Also, for a limited time only, all OSD's will be packaged with a free CD that contains cutting-edge text-to-speech software. This software enables users to type in any word, phrase, question, or date, and an audio version of the text will immediately pronounce it with appropriate inflection. No other Spanish dictionary offers this revolutionary software.
With a newly designed user-friendly format, the dictionary is more accessible than ever. Each entry is in color making it easy for the reader to distinguish between and search for words. With half of the entries in English and half in Spanish (including the front matter), the Oxford Spanish Dictionary is the ideal reference for native speakers of either language. Handy, easy-to-use, and wide-ranging, this dictionary is also the essential tool for all students and teachers, as well as translators and language professionals. Jacket covers are also available in Spanish.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great desktop dictionary
Very useful definitions and a great display of common usage in a proper sentence. Great design and layout of the text and cover.
Rating:  - What pronunciation for Spanish words???
This dictionary does have an enormous vocabulary, verb tenses and other nuances of the Spanish language...which is great.
WHAT IT DOES NOT CONTAIN IS A SYSTEM OF PRONUNCIATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SPANISH WORD. It does give the information for pronouncing the English words which was little use for me as a native speaker of the English language.
I am just learning Spanish and need a dictionary which tells me how to pronounce the Spanish words. This does not.
Rating: - LaRousse or Oxford ?
After using La Rousse for a long time i recommend Oxford without hesitation.
Almost all words I could not find in Larousse I found here. Plus the arrangement is far superior.
Also the absence of stupid letter cut-offs in Oxford is pleasing and choice of the type of paper is excellent.
Unlike in Larousse the rendering of vulgarisms is much more tasteful without causing nausea with the preserved accuracy. Who knows LaRousse knows what I am talking about.
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Rating:  - Excellent refence for Spanish-English study
I bought this for my wife who is an ESL assistant at an elementary school. She is constantly studying Spanish grammar and words to improve her vocabulary and to perform translations for the school principal and teachers. Also she hears a lot of Spanish words from the children from Mexico and central America that are not commonly taught in classes (idioms, slang expressions, etc.).
The Oxford Spanish Dictionary is the most complete one we could find and my wife is very happy with it.
Rating: - A standard reference dictionary
If you wish to learn Spanish or English, and already speak English or Spanish as a first language, you will need a good English/Spanish dictionary. The Oxford Spanish Dictionary offers exactly the kind of information needed in a clear format and at an excellent price. Most entries--whether in the Spanish-to-English section or the English-to-Spanish section--provide numerous examples of the words in which you may be interested, in different contexts differentiating the nuances of meaning and indicating ... Read More
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