Synopses & Reviews
The newly updated, pocket-sized edition of the most popular Spanish-English dictionary.Designed for a wide range of users, including travelers, business people, students, teachers, and professionals, the new Dictionary is the essential first resource for speakers of Spanish and English—from beginners to those at every stage. No other dictionary offers so many users so much help—or so much value.
With thousands of new entries, the new Dictionary builds on the features that have made it the leader in its field for more than fifty years: authority, scope, clarity, and conciseness. And with this edition, the Dictionary brilliantly captures the current core vocabularies of two rapidly changing—and increasingly connected—languages and cultures. It also features: new words and meanings for a new age; greater help in finding the right words, and enhanced language and grammar guides.
Here’s real help in speaking and writing correctly, with enriched, updated coverage—in Spanish and English—of the essentials of language and grammar, including pronunciation, parts of speech, suffixes, and regular and irregular verbs.
Synopsis
For this completely updated and revised Fifth Edition, David Pharies has made a number of additions and improvements that will benefit students, teachers, and travelers alike.
Thousands of new entries -- all with clear, concise definitions
New words and meanings, including modern slang and expressions
Parenthetical guides for accurate word selection
Enhanced language and grammar guides -- in Spanish and English -- including pronunciation, parts of speech, suffixes, and regular and irregular verbs
Para esta quinta ediciin, completamente actualizada y revisada, David Pharies ha introducido numerosos cambios que beneficiaran a estudiantes, maestros y viajeros.
Mas de mil nuevas palabras -- todas con definiciones claras y sucintas
Mas palabras y sentidos, incluyendo modismos y expresiones populares
Apartado gramatical -- en espanol e inglis -- incluyendo pronunciaciin, sufijos y verbos regulares e irregulares
Synopsis
The new and updated edition of the
USA TODAY bestseller and most popular Spanish dictionary provides easy reference for educators and language learners everywhere.
Now in its Sixth Edition, this national bestselling Spanish to English dictionary and go-to reference guide for educators everywhere quickly guides users to the right word in every situation. David Pharies has drawn from our current vernacular to make additions and improvements that will benefit students, teachers, home schoolers, and travelers alike. It includes:
* 6,000 new entries reflecting today’s linguistic and cultural changes
* Updated words and meanings, including slang, everyday expressions, and essential terms from medicine, business, digital technology, and sports
* Expanded delimiters for more accurate word selection
* Bilingual guides to grammar, pronunciation, parts of speech, suffixes, and regular and irregular verbs
About the Author
David Pharies, professor of Spanish at the University of Florida, is a widely known expert on the history and development of the Spanish language. He has written about many aspects of Spanish philology and linguistics.