Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Merriam-WebsterĘs Spanish-English Dictionary is a completely new dictionary
designed to meet the needs of English and Spanish speakers in a time of
ever-expanding communication among the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
It is intended for language learners, teachers, office workers, tourists,
business travelersłanyone who needs to communicate effectively in the
Spanish and English languages as they are spoken and written in the
Americas.
Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish
Product Details
- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Merriam-Webster; 1 edition (April 10, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0877799164
- ISBN-13: 978-0877799160
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
- Average Customer Review:
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customer reviews)
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Your Spanish-English dictionary is helping two Spanish speaking house-holds in
Washington DC to have a more filfilling life at work and at play.
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Dictionary is helpful. It lets you know if words are masculine/feminine in the
Spanish language and easy to read.
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This is the absolutely perfect spanish/english reference dictionary. It is
compact, easy to use & access.
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I use this dictionary quite a bit as it is small enough to be light and easy to
carry and big enough to contain most everyday words. I think that the content is
good but I compared to my other (larger) dictionary by Harper Collins the paper
is somewhat gray and the words don't stand out as well. Also the ink is not the
most permanent so if you are not careful you can end up with gray stains on your
fingertips. I would recommend spending slightly more to get something with a
higher quality of paper and printing.
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Great little pocket dictionary for those who don't want to carry around a
heavier full-sized eng/span diction. It's not 'quite' as complete, but it's
about 99% there. It's going to have all of the important words
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Great little pocket dictionary for those who don't want to carry around a
heavier full-sized eng/span diction. It's not 'quite' as complete, but it's
about 99% there. It's going to have all of the important words
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The best SPanish-SPanish dictionary is of course the academy dictionary agreed
upon by all the Spanish language academies in every spanish-speaking country.
However, for smaller ENglish/Spanish, this dictionary is pretty good. It's the
one I give to relatives or friends studying Spanish.
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This book is easy to use and full of excellent vocabulary for a beginning
Spanish speaker. On a few occasions I was not able to find the word I was
looking for but I did find close substitutes and was able to complete my
assignments for my Spanish class.
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This is great for high school Spanish. I recommend it because of it thoroughness
and price. Great for quick reference as well as travel.
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This product has helped me tremendously with my homework. I am really happy that
I purchased it.
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The Merriam-Webster paperback Spanish-English Dictionary is an excellent
reference for my high school Spanish classes. I teach 1st through 3rd year
Spanish and I recommend this book to all my students. Not only does it contain
80,000 words and 100,000 translations, its comprehensive treatment and vast
store of various usages and phrases is invaluable to a student learning Spanish
(and a teacher teaching it). The first 20-some pages explain how to best use the
dictionary, and the next 40 pages are a mini-course in Spanish grammar,
punctuation, and parts of speech. And at a listed price of $6.50 it is a
bargain! Besides straight definitions of words, many synonyms and idioms are
included. I highly recommend this dictionary to anyone needing to translate from
English to Spanish or Spanish to English.
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This is more complete than my mini spanish-english dictionary, but less complete
than some of the bigger ones that my classmates own. The beginning has some
information about spanish and some practice activities, which several classmates
have found helpful. Great price and reasonable size.
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I bought this book to help me communicate at work. I ended up actually giving it
to a Spanish speaker to help her with her language acquisition. I no longer need
it at work as I have a translator now but if I ever loose my translator I'll be
picking up another copy. I'm sure this would be great for traveling too.
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This one has it all! An overview of the language structure, irregular verb
conjugations, context-driven definitions, pronunciation guide, etc. I have been
working to learn Spanish for the last five months using an excellent software
product and this dictionary is a terrific addition. Additional vocabulary is
very useful and their ideas about usage coincide with a fluent co-worker's
views. Extremely useful.
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There are plenty of books and courses that will help you learn Spanish. But
there are only about 5 or 6 that I would consider mandatory if you want to learn
Spanish easily. A dictionary such as Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English
Dictionary is one of them. If you are serious about learning to speak Spanish I
encourage you to get the following:
1. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions
2. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses
3. Learning Spanish Like Crazy: Spoken Spanish, Vol. 1
4. 501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)
5. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
6.1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides)
That's how I built a solid foundation. Just using the above 6 tools. Everything
else is supplemental but these 6 tools are mandatory. If you cannot not afford
everything I listed, then for now start with this dictionary, 501 Spanish Verbs:
with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides), and the best audio course for
speaking real practical Latin American Spanish: Learning Spanish Like Crazy:
Spoken Spanish, Vol. 1
I am not fluent but I am able to communicate confidently and say just about
anything that I want to say in Spanish and understand native speakers unless
they are speaking at the pace of rapid machine gun fire.
This dictionary has been lots of help. There are so many dictionaries that don't
have the Spanish words that I am looking for. This dictionary is far from
perfect but compared to the other dictionaries that I have used, I must say when
using this dictionary it was less frequent that I would look for a word and not
find it in this dictionary. I have some other helpful advice about using
dictionaries, but this advice only applies to intermediate level and advanced
students.
Once you reach an intermediate or advanced level, it is time to stop using
Spanish-English dictionaries. Once you reach an intermediate or advanced level,
it is time to start using Spanish only dictionaries. You'll will find it a
greater challenge to look up a Spanish word and have to read and understand a
definition in Spanish. The only draw back of this technique is that if you want
to translate an English word to Spanish, you will not be able to with a Spanish
only dictionary.
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This dictionary is fairly comprehensive. My only complaint would be the print is
a little small for my aging eyes...
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like most of our dictionaries, this book begins with Explanatory Notes, which
includes gender labels, inflected forms, pronounciation, etc. this category is
followed by Spanish Grammar, which is limitlessly priceless when you move to the
conjugtive verbs and forward.
an ideal tool for reeeally learning Spanish. a lot more than just
conversationally.
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It is exactly what I asked for; NEW. It came in a reasonable amount of time and
there were no hassles.
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I am a Spanish teacher and have had my students purchase this dictionary. It is
wonderfully written, with very clear definition key words in English to help
choose the correct Spanish word according to its use. I don't usually even have
to get out the big hardback dictionary. It has most any word we need to find.
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I first bought this dictionary when I was starting to learn Spanish in 10th
grade. I found that it was very helpful with basic translations of nouns,
adjectives, verbs, etc. It gives references to already conjugated verbs often,
but not all the time. The best part about it is that it's small and portable,
while the worst part is that, for a more advanced student/speaker, there are
quite a few words that can't be found in it. While sometimes there are phrases
given that relate to a certain word, the phrases are limited.
If you're just starting out with Spanish, this is probably perfect for you. If
you're more advanced and coming across a lot of idioms and other phrases that
you need translated, I'd recommend the Webster's New World Concise Spanish
Dictionary.
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With 80,000 entries along with the compact size and low price, Merriam-Webster's
Spanish-English Dictionary is the best in the west, not the least in the east.
I use this dictionary constantly for all my Spanish-English needs.
I have an excellent car Spanish course named Behind the Wheel Spanish which
fortunately does not require the use of a dictionary while I drive, but rather
gives me all the meanings instantly.
Still, if you need a reference, this is the best for the money.
If you really want to learn to speak Spanish, then I recommend you also buy
Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CD and book version.
Great combo overall.
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Okay, but the print size is too small for the average older person to easily
read without eye strain. And the book is rather bulky for travel use (4 1/4 x 6
7/8 x 1 3/8).
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This Dictionary hasn't let me down, whatever word in Spanish or English
I've looked up. If you want to study etemology, it isn't for you. But if
you want a handy compact dictionary that has the word you need,
when you need it, this is the one to buy.
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where are the words "Podemos" and "Entiendo" in the Spanish part of the
Dictionary?
Also the English part of the dictionary gives pronounciation, but the Spanish
part does not.
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I honestly don't think you will need anything better than this. BTW, I'm very
fluent in English and Spanish so I should know. Some smart a##es will say, if
you are so fluent then why do you need this? Well, I don't know every word there
is in either language but I'm good enough in both to read whatever I want with a
handy dictionary by my side ;)
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Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary is highly recommended as a
good,solid basic Spanish-English dictionary. The cost is low, the size is
perfect and the contents are complete.
The most complete Spanish dictionary in the world is the Velasquez, which is
simply too big for lugging around with you on your travels or to the office.
Amsco has had a good dictionary out for years and is quite good as well.
What I like about Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary is that it
clearly delineates between Latin-American and strictly 'Spanish' usage.
This is an important feature to consider.
If you are interested in actually learning to speak Spanish, I would highly
recommend you try Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CD with text. The 8 CDs and text
come with immediate translations but the Merriam-Webster's Spanish English
Dictionary is useful in that it gives additional definitions and provides an
immediate Spanish to English reference to individual words.
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All reports come through that the dictionary was most helpful in understanding
the other person's culture and traditions. The two men keep the dictionary
within reach at all times.
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For basic classroom use, the "New" Merriam-Webster's is fine and the verb
references back to examples shown for irregular conjugations are quite helpful.
However, it fell short of my expectations with the introduction being hard to
decipher. The printer fonts aren't reader friendly and the quality of the paper
is less than good compounded by the ink smearing easily. I've found myself
returning more than once to an extremely worn pocket edition from the University
of Chicago to find words not listed and to supplement or clarify certain words,
idiom phrases and various reflexive verb definitions. Ironically, my purchase
was intended to replace this old sidekick which I'm now glad I didn't toss.
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... this dictionary of English and Spanish words is a good one to have. It's
small, can be carried with you, and is great for quick look ups when you are
stuck on a word. If you don't know a bit of Spanish already, though, you really
won't benefit from the book all that much.
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This is just a very basic Spanish-English dictionary. It will help with simple
things, but there are much better dictionaries available.
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...because that is my reaction to this book.
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The pocket size is nice, however that's about the only thing I liked about this
dictionary. I can't believe how often I can't find the words I look up. Also, if
you hold the Spanish-English pages with your fingers, it is half as thick as the
English-Spanish section, and it has a very cheap feel to it.
I also have the NEW WORLD "CONCISE" SPANISH DICTIONARY, and even though it is a
little bigger, it is much much better. I bought this one because I gave my
CONCISE to a relative. I ended up buying another CONCISE.
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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.
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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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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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