Diccionario Oxford Compact

by Styles Carvajal, Carol; Horwood, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780198607335
• ISBN10: 0198607334
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Diccionario Oxford Compacto Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-Espanol offers over 80,000 words and phrases, and more than 115,000 translations from twenty-five varieties of Spanish with fuller coverage of Latin-American Spanish and contemporary American English than any dictionary of comparable size. The dictionary features thousands of example sentences carefully selected from real speech and written sources, thematic boxes that deal with key areas such as time and sports, and a section that provides help with correspondence. Including complete verb tables and comprehensive guidance on key constructions, complementation, and difficult points of grammar, the dictionary is an indispensable, quick, and easy reference to the English language for Spanish-speaking users.

Table of Contents

Structure of a Spanish-English entry	p. ix
Structure of an English-Spanish entry	p. xii
The pronunciation of Spanish	p. xvii
Abbreviations and labels	p. xxiv
Spanish-English dictionary	p. 1
Calendar of traditions, festivals, and holidays in Spanish-speaking countries	p. 432
A-Z of the Spanish-speaking countries of the world	p. 437
Letter-writing	p. 458
English-Spanish dictionary	p. 477
Glossary of grammatical terms	p. 968
Spanish verbs	p. 971
Spanish Grammar	p. 989
Numbers	p. 1029
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