El Diccionario Oxford Español-Inglés/Inglés-Español

by Carvajal, Carol Styles; Horwood, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780195215854
• ISBN10: 0195215850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Based on the acclaimed Oxford Spanish Dictionary , this new concise edition retains all the unique features of the parent volume. The result of over ten years' research, the dictionary has been compiled from a unique electronic database of current language, providing a truly fresh description of contemporary Spanish and English. · Over 170,000 words and phrases; over 240,000 translations · Completely up-to-date with the latest words and expressions · Fuller coverage of Latin-American Spanish and American English than any dictionary of comparable size · Thousands of example sentences carefully selected to illustrate the full range of meanings and typical contexts · Full and clear guidance on key constructions, complementation, and difficult points of grammar · Guide to personal and business correspondence, including job applications, business faxes, making reservations, and making complaints · Full verb tables

Author Biography

About the Editors:
Beatriz Galimberti Jarman and Roy Russell are expert bilingual lexicographers who have led a team of Spanish, Latin American, British, and American editors throughout this project.

Table of Contents

Structure of a Spanish-English entry	ix
Structure of an English-Spanish entry	xiv
The pronunciation of Spanish	xix
Abbreviations and labels	xxiv
Spanish-English dictionary	1	(688)
Correspondence in Spanish	663	(26)
English-Spanish dictionary	689	(746)
Spanish
Forms of address	1435	(1)
Numbers	1436	(3)
The Clock	1439	(2)
Dates	1441	(2)
Weights and Measures	1443	(10)
Spanish verb tables	1453